# Is this a scam? Contractor served summons by co. he's never worked with. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 3, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-contractor-served-summons-by-co-hes-never-worked-with/665222 "2013-08-03T03:04:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-contractor-served-summons-by-co-hes-never-worked-with/665222/21 "2013-08-04T05:37:50Z")
So, so far your partner knows the name of the complainant, the fact that the complainant is a paving sub-contractor, the county in which the complaint was filed, the nature of the action (garnishment). Anything else? He knows all of this without actually having received the paperwork – it was all delivered orally by the alleged server. And he knows “the paperwork had his co. name on it” without having seen the paperwork. I don’t suppose you were there to witness this happen, were you? ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-contractor-served-summons-by-co-hes-never-worked-with/665222/22 "2013-08-04T05:45:32Z")
I only sat on the couch, we had just set up dinner. She willingly showed him the paperwork. It included his co. name. He only knew it was a paving co. from looking it up on the state R.O.C. And it was never actually delivered-she left nothing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-contractor-served-summons-by-co-hes-never-worked-with/665222.md?page=1)