What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Pennsylvania
I received a letter in the mail today from an attorney's office two-three hours away from my home. It's addressed directly to me by name and after some research, appears to be from a legitimate attorney in the area. The header of the letter is "Re: THEFT BY DECEPTION"
The letter itself, looks more like an advertisement than an actual letter, where it goes into the attorney's track record and how to contact him for a consultation to protect my rights. It does state that "If you are not the person who was involved in this matter, please disregard this letter"
I would have just thrown it away, except I had been threatened with a lawsuit a few weeks ago based on something that a business owner was spreading. My husband and I went to an event where a couple had given us their tickets. We got into the event because they gave us their passes. The business owner is claiming this was theft by deception (because he didn't get OUR money, only the couple who purchased the tickets originally as the tickets were apparently non transferable. We had not known this at the time). Regardless, I have not got served with any papers or charged with any crime and I'm not exactly sure it can be claimed as theft by deception since we didn't know the tickets were non transferable. I'm just a little confused what to do with this letter. On one hand, it seems fake and more like an advertisement because I've never known an attorney to reach out to someone like this, especially when there has not been a conviction of any kind. On the other hand, I'm also not sure how he would get my address since I live so far away and why there would be a description at the top about theft.
I've never committed any kind of crime in my life, so I have no idea how these things work or if I should be worried.
Pennsylvania
I received a letter in the mail today from an attorney's office two-three hours away from my home. It's addressed directly to me by name and after some research, appears to be from a legitimate attorney in the area. The header of the letter is "Re: THEFT BY DECEPTION"
The letter itself, looks more like an advertisement than an actual letter, where it goes into the attorney's track record and how to contact him for a consultation to protect my rights. It does state that "If you are not the person who was involved in this matter, please disregard this letter"
I would have just thrown it away, except I had been threatened with a lawsuit a few weeks ago based on something that a business owner was spreading. My husband and I went to an event where a couple had given us their tickets. We got into the event because they gave us their passes. The business owner is claiming this was theft by deception (because he didn't get OUR money, only the couple who purchased the tickets originally as the tickets were apparently non transferable. We had not known this at the time). Regardless, I have not got served with any papers or charged with any crime and I'm not exactly sure it can be claimed as theft by deception since we didn't know the tickets were non transferable. I'm just a little confused what to do with this letter. On one hand, it seems fake and more like an advertisement because I've never known an attorney to reach out to someone like this, especially when there has not been a conviction of any kind. On the other hand, I'm also not sure how he would get my address since I live so far away and why there would be a description at the top about theft.
I've never committed any kind of crime in my life, so I have no idea how these things work or if I should be worried.