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If the subpoena is fake, and contains fake contact info (like a phone number), how does the receiver verify it is actually a real number from the courts? I gues
by yladiz 3y ago
If the subpoena is fake, and contains fake contact info (like a phone number), how does the receiver verify it is actually a real number from the courts? I guess the phone numbers are public record?
- chislobog 3y agoOddly enough this is more complex in places with multiple jurisdictional overlap. Imagine a city with police force of 6,000 combined with country, federal, state, and university LE. You might have a total of 20 neighboring or overlapping agencies ranging from 6 to 6,000 employees. Personal cellphone numbers are used in LE sometimes, whatever one might think of that practice or implications for discovery and preservation.
- dehugger 3y agoIndependently validate contact information! don't use what's on the letter/form/email. This is basic security for everything, from Grandma's savings account on up. The State/Fed have public official websites with this information.
- corobo 3y agoMuch like when you receive mail from your bank, you call them via a known number. Never trust user input, even irl.
- hiatus 3y agoThe phone company can't validate a phone number?
- pixl97 3y agoWho pays for the phone number may not have anything to do with who's using the phone number. It's not like the old days where everything has a copper wire going to one particular place. I mean if the registered owner says "TXSTRGCT" is that the "Texas State Regional Court" or something a spammer setup over some VOIP service?
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