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    Legal Advice Paddle boarding in a small inland lake, in 4 ft of water,( lake is 7ft at deepest) and was pulled over by game warden, forced to enter his boat “for safely reasons” issued a citation for no life jacket and then made me get back in the water

    Legal Advice Paddle boarding in a small inland lake, in 4 ft of water,( lake is 7ft at deepest) and was pulled over by game warden, forced to enter his boat “for safely reasons” issued a citation for no life jacket and then made me get back in the water


    Paddle boarding in a small inland lake, in 4 ft of water,( lake is 7ft at deepest) and was pulled over by game warden, forced to enter his boat “for safely reasons” issued a citation for no life jacket and then made me get back in the water

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 07:06 AM PDT

    Do I have an argument for dropping the $232.00 bond?

    "Fail/carry boat floatation devices" wi statute 30.62(3)(a)

    I was on my paddle board in 4ft of water. Although the lake has a max depth of 7ft, it is very wide and has a lot of pontoon boat traffic and recreational fishing so there is a WI Department of Natural Resources Game Warden presence.

    I was about 50 ft from shore, but again in water 4ft deep, when they approached via motorboat and began questioning me. The forces of the boat against my board caused me to feel more unstable than at any time during my paddle.

    He made me get in his boat, and bring the board in with me. He then gave me a $232.00 citation for not wearing/having a life jacket, and said he'd drop me off where I first put in.

    Because the lake is so shallow, he ended up stopping the boat about 50ft from shore and had me get out of the boat, back into the 4ft of water and walk my board to shore.

    I think that is an argument for dropping the citation. Could that be considered abandonment?

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    [US, Idaho] I'm a hobbyist lock picker during a heat wave. I want to accept emergency calls in my neighborhood from people locked out of their homes for little to no pay. How do I protect from being an accessory to a crime?

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 08:41 AM PDT

    Please let me know if another tag would be more appropriate.

    The title pretty much says it all. I want to place an ad on Nextdoor for neighbors who are locked out but can't afford a regular locksmith.

    What are the steps I can take (or the steps that regular locksmiths take?) To avoid being contracted by a burglar or someone who generally isn't permitted to access the place they want me to let them into?

    Edit: After reading a lot of comments, this is the conclusion I've come to: I probably won't be doing this. Operating as an individual instead of an LLC or under another company with insurance or limited liability is an extreme risk, even despite the fact that Idaho law kind of protects me from being a criminal conspirator if I have reason to believe the client lives at the address. I'm still liable for damages, theft, or any other number of legal issues that I could open up that way.

    Also as another picker mentioned, I'd get a lot better variety for a lot less risk just by prowling craigslist and eBay for keyless locks people sell for dirt cheap. Re-pinning them for extra challenge will give me a much better understanding of the insides of locks, even though I may not get the satisfaction of helping somebody.

    If eventually I'm hellbent on picking locks commercially, I'll either start up an LLC for it or seek part-time employment at an existing locksmithing company.

    I really appreciate all the responses and am still open to more feedback. Thank you

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    I sold a used car & the new owner is threatening to sue over repairs he is claiming the car needs and were not disclosed.

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 05:25 AM PDT

    I sold a 32 year old car on an online auction a few weeks ago. The vehicle sold for $13,000 + $1,540 in shipping & auction fees (car was shipped from Utah to San Francisco). Within 1 day of the vehicle being delivered the new owner began claiming that the crank case breather hose was not connected & wouldnt stay in. Over the next week I'm getting texts from him and emails from the auction site saying:

    • no temperature sending unit
    • steering was bad
    • clutch needs replacement
    • car overheats

    None of these are issues I had, so I sent back the inspection I had done of the car in 2020 (435 miles ago) which explicitly states that the steering and clutch are good and work was done on the cooling system to make sure it was operating correctly. In response, the seller sends back an inspection from his mechanic stating that the steering and clutch are fine, but the car has a blown head gasket!

    I offered to pay $290 to have the temp gauge rewired because i should have noticed it was not working. He's now sending me a demand letter for $5000 and saying if I don't pay he will sue for $10,000.

    In the ad, I disclosed everything I knew about the car. My mechanic did not inform me of any blown head gasket and the buyer even sent me a photo of the coolant the day he got it and it was not milky. I also disclosed in the ad that the car had some body work done. I included 150 photos of the vehicle (interior, exterior, engine bay, undercarriage). The photos included closeups of paint chipping, cracking, and lines that were not straight (which were mentioned in the ad).

    What do I do? The car did not have the blown head gasket when it left my possession and I cannot afford to pay out $5000 in damages. I believe the buyer is trying to take advantage of me.

    EDIT: he has since reached out to my mechanic requesting more info on the vehicle & that they send him a copy of the work orders. My mechanics reached out to me for permission & I denied because I intentionally copies of the work orders in the glove compartment.

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    [US] Dentist extracted tooth during an appointment to receive a crown

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 09:29 AM PDT

    I had an appointment to the dentist to receive a crown for a tooth after a root canal. The dentist attempted to fit the crown a couple times before using some sort of adhesive to stick the crown to my tooth. However, once the crown was on, it was not fitted on correctly. He then attempted to pull out the crown and I gestured with my hand and made noises to tell him that I was in pain. However, he ignored me and kept pulling and he ended up pulling out both the crown and my tooth. This was with no anesthesia.. really painful. Anyways, he kept trying to justify to me that it had to be pulled out because it was infected, blah blah. Obviously if it was that infected, then I wouldn't have gotten the root canal in the first place and just gotten it extracted. Do I have a strong dental malpractice case?

    TLDR: During a dental appointment to fit a crown, my tooth was accidentally extracted.

    Edit: This is in NY, USA

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    [CA, US] Copyright - My Art Was Used To Promote An Event, Credited Wrong, Without My Permission

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 05:28 AM PDT

    Recently a piece of my art blew up on r/art. It had tens of thousands of upvotes. I imagine that is how this started.

    Yesterday someone tagged me on an Instagram post with my art being used to promote their pop-up sort of food/art/music event in Oakland. A piece I sell as a print for $25.

    At first it seemed cool, no harm no foul. Then I realized another artist was given credit.

    That upset me. I made the piece. I sell the piece. They use it to promote their event (assuming to generate money). I get nothing. Not even "exposure", something artists struggle with and have to get paid in. They have 14k followers.

    Anyways, they claimed to have tagged the wrong artist (the same artist they ALWAYS tag). Next they claimed to have only received the art and not known the source (which may be true). They deleted the post within the half-hour they changed the credit. They also gave me "advice" to copyright my work.

    I told them this isn't okay and i normally get paid for my work. I recently flat out told them I would like payment for use of my work without permission or proper credit and they have not yet responded (or seen it). I have not claimed legal action yet.

    The reason I may, is because I coincidentally saw how Aaron Carter got in trouble for the same thing.

    Should I claim legal action for payment, before this gets out of hand?

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    Tenants next door won’t remove their trash bins from my property…

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 05:31 AM PDT

    Just bought my first duplex! It's located in front of another duplex that is only accessible through an easement on my property. The tenants of the duplex behind me leave their trash bins at the front of my property and it looks extremely trashy. I've spoken to the management company and they said they've already spoken to them and instructed them to remove their trash bins but they're refusing to do so. Is there anything I can do to enforce the removal of their trash off my property? Washington State

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    Absent parent suddenly wants rights.

    Posted: 30 Jun 2021 11:10 PM PDT

    (In the United States) My child is now 15 he's been absent since she was almost 2, no child support, no contact from him because he would text only once every two weeks. After 2 years of age til today he has maybe 3 times asking about her. Not offering help or anything else. He was sent to jail many times for physically assaulting me in public with my children. He has been known to be violent and emotionally abusive. I lived in fear. Moved states because of financial reasons and not he's wanting to serve me papers for custody and visitation on a child he abandoned. I've always had to have 2 jobs. They have a great step father and a father figure who raised them basically since my child was 3. I live watching over my shoulder. Please help

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    Former employer says my salary was wrong 6 months after I quit and wants to be repaid

    Posted: 30 Jun 2021 04:49 PM PDT

    State of Texas

    Background: I worked for my employer from November 2018 to December 2020. When I was hired, the position required "a degree or equivalent experience." I did not have the degree, but had ten years experience in that type of role and got the job. The job was good, I received good reviews, etc. I left on good terms when my mother was diagnosed with dementia and I moved back to my home state. I expected to live there several years, but she passed away.

    I recently chatted with a former coworker and when he learned I was no longer attached to this area, he mentioned it to my former manager, who reached out to ask if I'd consider moving back to that area because he had a position open and wanted me to apply. I applied, interviewed and was given the job. Everything is great.

    Except... while processing my hiring paperwork, HR says they can't pay me the amount I was offered - they could only pay $X, which is even less than I was making before in a lower role.

    After some back and forth, they are saying that the lack of degree impacts the internal pay scale used to calculate salary, and my previous rate of pay was calculated as if I had a degree when I do not. I pointed out that I was hired "with commensurate experience," but they say that is only for qualifying to get the job - not for the pay scale.

    At this point, they are not just saying the current offer isn't valid - they are saying they want me to pay back what I was overpaid because to them it was effectively clerical error. They said while my contract has that salary written down, it was on the assumption of a degree, which was invalid, so the number itself was invalid. We are talking about over $40,000 total of "overpayment" by their calculations, so not a small chunk of change.

    They basically railroaded me with a proposal that I take the current job being offered and then they take the overpayment out of my salary over the course of the next two years.

    On the slightly good news side of things, my former manager (and the one interviewing me for this position now) took this up the chain to his boss, who is now taking it up the chain to theirs. He said they intend to argue it internally, with their position being that they need me and specifically me for this role due to my former experience, that they don't have another qualified candidate and that if HR pursues the "overpayment" they are screwing this department because I obviously won't want to work with them if they're trying to collect money from me. His boss told me "Don't worry about it, my boss is going to work this out upstairs" which gives me hope.

    However, while I appreciate them going to bat for me and it gives me some confidence, I obviously still want to cover my back:

    (1) Is this at a stage where I should be getting a lawyer already, or are we not there yet?

    (2) Is there a way these cases tend to go? (I imagine I'll need the lawyer from (1) to really advise me here but hey I figure it can't hurt to ask)

    I am a little wary of the situation in general - especially because I am sure the fact that they want me to come work for them is part of why these folks are going to bat for me, and I'm now not so sure I want to work for this company based on this happening. So any advice appreciated.

    Thank you.

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    Landlord evicting me out of the blue, letting himself into my house whenever he pleases.

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 09:19 AM PDT

    So I'm not late on rent or anything. But my landlord randomly decided to evict me because he wants to do work on the house and charge more money for it.

    When he came to evict me he opened the door to my house while I was home asleep in bed to give me the notice I was being evicted. I woke up to see him there with a paper and shouted out of surprise.

    Anyways I made him talk to me on the porch instead and that's when he told me I was being evicted and gave me a hand written notice.

    But isn't there also an eviction ban in place right now until the end of July?

    Also he evicted me on June 15th, meaning I have to leave by July 15th. Which is very inconvenient since most new places I'm looking at so far want first of the month move in.

    Long story short I don't want to stay in this place but do I have any legal recourse against my landlord for coming into my house unannounced ? And do I have any legal recourse for him not obeying the nationwide eviction moratorium ?

    I live in Texas, in the USA.

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    Employee deposited Company checks into personal account using mobile deposit

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 11:32 AM PDT

    As the title says an employee deposited checks made out to the company into her personal account during COVID. She used her Wells Fargo mobile app to deposit checks into her account and has had a judgement filed against her. The bank (Wells Fargo) is aware of the fraud but will not give the funds back. Is there a government agency that I can contact to get the bank to reimburse the stolen funds? Edited to add I am in Texas

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    (CA, US) I am only getting paid for scheduled hours, and not for time I clock in/out before/after shift. Is that considered possible wage theft?

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 07:09 AM PDT

    I work for a large private protection company. The site that I work at is only a one person post. I try to be a good employee and arrive early 5-10 minutes early before my scheduled shift.

    I always have to start work immediately as I arrive since it's a one person site, and work is always continuous. I clock in shortly as I arrive to relieve the person working before me. In order for me to clock in, I have to use a company cellphone to document my check in.

    To clock out it's the same process. However, I can never count for my shift relief to arrive on time and usually have to stay 5-10 minutes after work to wait to be relieved.

    My concern is that my paycheck only reflects the full time hours worked, but not the time that I've had to check in early, let alone the time I have to wait to get relieved to end my shift.

    The way our work schedule is setup, I work 8 hours daily and any time before or after each shift is technically considered overtime. The company does frown upon overtime is one potential reason as to why I think I'm not being compensated for my time before or after my time worked per shift.

    I'm curious as to where the fine line would be for potential wage theft or if that is part of my work terms. Also, I am an hourly employee.

    Thanks I'm advance & I tried my best to cover necessary details.

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    Getting paid to watch play video games by a "carpet cleaning" company. Can I get in trouble when they get busted.

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 11:03 AM PDT

    Throwaway for obvious reasons.

    I've been a technician in the carpet cleaning business for 15 years. A few months ago I was hired by a normalish sounding company for $35 an hour. Thats high for my area (Northern California) but not outrageous.

    The company owns a small industrial space where it stores a van and all of the equipment necessary to be a real company. The first day I showed up the owner gave me the key to the space, told me to wait there and said he would call my phone if we had any clients. We have not.

    The space has a couch, tv, playstation, and xbox so I just show up everyday and watch netflix and play video games until its time to go home. I have not had any real work the entire time I've been here.

    Aa far as I know I'm the only employee but the owner sometimes shows up and puts stuff in or takes stuff out of a locked backroom that I don't have a key to. I have never been in that room. I have never asked the owner what he's doing in there and honestly don't know.

    A lot of these carpet cleaning companies are used to clean drug money and I've worked for some that did that in the past but they're not this blatent about it. That being said, I dont KNOW that's whats going on here. I honestly have no idea about anything about this place other than that I'm getting paid a lot to play video games all day.

    I'd like to keep doing that but I also don't want to spend 20 years in prison for $35 an hour. If this place eventually gets busted for whatever its doing could I get in trouble even though I have nothing to do with whatever drug stuff the owner is involved in?

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    Working 70 hours a week as a minor

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 08:39 AM PDT

    I'm a 17 year old and I'm currently working 7 days a week at about 10 hours a day. I looked into child labor laws for my state (California) and it seems the limit is 8 hours a day for a total of 48 hours. Should I be worried that I'm working more than that or is it not my problem? Thank you.

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    What are the next steps to collect a small claims court settlement from a company who isn't paying? (Quebec, Canada)

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 05:30 AM PDT

    I sued a company, had the court date back in Janurary and won around $1800. The court document said they had 30 days to pay. It's June now and I haven't received anything. I sent them a certified letter a week ago giving them 30 days to pay (I wanted to give them the benefit of a doubt in case they didn't have my address or something like that).

    If they haven't paid after those 30 days what are my options? I've done a little googling and found that I can hire a bailiff to seize some assets. I don't know how much a bailiff costs but I imagine I'd lose a large part of my settlement to pay one.

    I read that I can also get a court order to garnish their wages/earnings and that I can charge post-judgement interest. I read it might be 5%? Does that sound right? How is that calculated? Is that calculated monthly?

    Thanks in advance for any advice you might be able to give.

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    Neighbors 6 month, 24/7, irrigation leak has caused damage to multiple properties.

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 06:59 AM PDT

    Hello, I am located near Phoenix, Arizona.

    I've been contacting the property manager for at least 6 months and have noticed the running water for almost a year. Took me awhile to connect the dots of everything. The yard with the running water has dropped significantly. Also, the footers, foundations and cinder block walls of 3 properties have major movement, exposed rebar and visible leaning.

    It appears the water level is up to almost their foundation as the irrigation box is full of water and there are puddles where the ground dips below the irrigation box.

    The property manager has refused to help. They hang up on me, say they won't come out to look at it and won't have their landscapers, who are here every week, fix it.

    This is clearly water damage caused by carelessness of the property manager, but I do not know where to find help. There is also a city well 1 block from my house. I can't stop wondering if them pulling all that water out is also having an effect.

    My 50-year old brick home is starting to show major movement all of the sudden. Exterior walls showing step cracking, corners drooping, roof line sinking, foundation sinking, possible damage to flora (trees!), termites, bugs...

    I've found sink holes in my yard and in the shared parking area behind the properties. I'm really afraid of what this constant and high water presence is doing to the dirt beneath our homes.

    My homeowners insurance does not cover "Earth movement."

    I've contacted the city, whom only checked it the city lines were causing it, an they said they were not.

    I've written the state, but have yet to hear back.

    My neighbors are all renters so they don't seem to bothered by it.

    Should I be contacting a lawyer at this point?

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    Very confused. Should have got a DUI

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 09:53 AM PDT

    Last night I went to the bar to have some drinks after work because Oregon just lifted covid restrictions. Long story short I thought I was fine and started driving home. Things get a little fuzzy, I side swiped a car or something. I called the cops on myself. They show up to where I am. One of them parks my car, while one of them goes with me to find what I side swiped. We Cant find it. Then they just tell me to walk home. And that they normally would give out a DUI for this. They never took my ID or anything. Am I really in the clear? (Other than my fucked up car)

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    My contractor got a certified letter addressed to him with our address on it?

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 06:50 AM PDT

    I have the USPS feature where they scan in your mail and send you an email containing pictures of all the letters you're supposed to receive that day. Today I got a picture with a certified letter addressed to my contractor but with our address on it. I'm quite confused about how that can be, and also a bit worried about whether he's giving out our address as his for some reason. I confronted him about it and he denied knowing anything about why it had our address on it, but that the sender (the letter had the senders name on it) was an old client of his.

    I guess I'm mainly looking to see if I should be doing something? Is it something I should be worried about? Or just ignore?

    This is in Virgina, U.S. btw

    Thanks

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    Do I have to show my step son's mother my income?

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 04:50 AM PDT

    My husband has a court order for support and it is noted that he needs to give his child's mother his tax return every year while his son is a minor. We are married and file jointly. I do not wish to share my income so I blacked it out but she's pissed about it saying we are hiding something. I am self employed and do not receive a W2. My husband has one job where he has been for years and receives a W2. We provided her with W2 and tax return but I did black out my income and our total income. The reason being, she could simply do the math and see how much I make which is minimal. It's just none of her business. Curious if anyone knows if legally it is her business?!

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    I [CT, US] have suspended driving privledges in the state of New York from 2018. I want to pay the fine and be able to drive in NY again but I don't know how since I don't have a NY license. How do I pay this?

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 11:12 AM PDT

    I was a very bad girl on I-87 back in 2018. I got two speeding tickets in one day. On top of the fines from each ticket I was ordered to pay $600 to the dmv or my driving privledges in the state would be suspended. I didn't have that money so I just let it lapse. Connecticut doesn't have a points system so the tickets never reflected on my driving record. I know because I've pulled my driving record and nothing shows up.

    I'm now in a better financial position and I'm looking to relocate to Fairfield country for new job opportunities. About a quarter of the jobs I'm qualifed for are just accross state lines but I can't apply to them as I can't legally drive in the state. So I'm trying to pay off the dmv fine but there is no where on the website that will help me. Everything I try requires a ny state licence which I don't have. How exactly do I pay this?

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    Sibling visitation?

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 06:23 AM PDT

    Here's the general scenario: We cared for a (non-kinship) little boy (now 7) and his sister (now 5) for a period of time before they moved to a family member's home. That home was not working out for 7, so he came back to us separate from 5. We had regular visits and/or video calls (voluntarily) for the siblings to stay connected.

    After a long period of time, 7 moved to his dad's home. We stayed connected with his dad/stepmom, and saw 7 at least monthly. I'm talking they had brother stay with us about one weekend a month, plus some holidays (Halloween, Thanksgiving), spring break, where we took him on a trip out of state. They did not make any effort to connect with 5, and did not want us bringing him to see her, citing they did not trust the family she was living with.

    5 unexpectedly came back to us. Almost immediately 7's parents decided we had wronged them in some way and cut off all communications and are not allowing the siblings to see one another.

    EVERY time we've seen 7 in the past year and a half, he mentions his sister and how he misses her. EVERY DAY 5 carries his picture around the house and asks when she can see him/why she can't see him. It's truly heartbreaking.

    I'm just wondering if GENERALLY there's anything we can POSSIBLY legally do to MAYBE get the siblings connected in any way, even phone calls.

    We're in Oklahoma.

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    [PA, US] Brother got caught up in a scam, ceased all communications with the scammers, but has a bunch of money in his account and doesn't know what to do

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 10:24 AM PDT

    TL;DR Due to a scam, my brother now has $5,000 sitting in an account and doesn't know what to do

    So to quickly preface this issue, I've always suspected my brother is on the spectrum, has all the classical signs of Asperger's, but thanks to my parents cultural aversion to psychiatrists/psychologists, he's never been formally diagnosed. Reason I'm saying this is because he's pretty naive about some real world stuff, and tends to miss clues to certain situations.

    My brother is a young adult, a few years out of film school. He's a straight edge dude, super organized, and super honest to a fault. He's been doing freelance film editing and videography, and hopes to build his business. Thanks to the pandemic, pretty much all his work dried up. He uses some website/forum where people post small film shoots or editing jobs that need to get done, or photographers/videographers post their availability, and people bid on the assignments or get offers. The jobs tend to be small, so a few grand here and there in terms of pay.

    So a few weeks ago, he received an email from a magazine that specializes in make up or something. They wanted to hire them, and sent him an official looking contract and everything. The email address had the name of an editor, so he did some quick research, finds that the magazine is legitimate and the editor is listed on their site.

    Once he signed the "contract", things started getting weird. They demanded he hires models from a specific modeling agency. My brother replied stating this is unorthodox, and if they wanted the specific models, then they should just hire them directly and he'd work with them. I don't' know what excuse they gave my brother, but this is where it becomes a bit frustrating. They convinced him to give his account number, and they actually deposited $5,000 in the account. They then told him to send it via Zelle to this modelling company. Again, my brother being a bit naive, attempted to put the Zelle transfer through, but fortunately his bank flagged the transfer and didn't process it. They told my brother they suspected this was a scam.

    My brother then reached out to this email address, and didn't get any responses from them. He then scoured LinkedIn and other social media pages of this magazine company, managed to get the contact of the person he was allegedly communicating with, the "editor", and contacted the person through those platforms. Fortunately, the actual editor did respond, and confirmed she was not the one communicating with my brother via the email address. Then the emails started coming again from the scam address, threatening to sue my brother and come after him unless he forwards that money. When my brother told me this story, I told him to stop all communications with the suspected scammer, and reach out to the bank's fraud department

    The bank's fraud department is going to call him tomorrow. For now, the bank created a new account for my brother, and my brother shifted all his funds over there except for the $5000. The bank then froze his old account. The bank in question is a huge bank, so I'm hoping they have a pretty robust fraud department that can work with my brother and provide him some guidance. But he's just highly anxious about this $5000 which he wants nothing to do with, and wants to know what he should be doing to protect himself.

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    Concerns about HOA ran Social Media Groups and membership [TX]

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 12:50 PM PDT

    First off, thank you in advance for any advice!

    TL;DR: HOA uses Facebook to send out information, kicks out residents for a bad review left about an outside company, on Google. Is this allowed if its their only source of neighborhood info?

    I was a member of my neighborhood's facebook page. It is ran by the HOA, and they sent out newsletters, event invites, etc all through Facebook. They occasionally send out emails, but it is very rare. Most info is sent exclusively through Facebook.

    A few days ago, I left a bad review for a new utilities company we have, based on an interaction I had with them. I left the review on Google. It doesn't mention the neighborhood, the HOA, nothing. It isn't linked to my Facebook account, nor does my Google account even have my name. (The review was warranted. I very rarely have anything negative to say about companies. My google page is full of 4 and 5 star reviews)

    The HOA was upset over a new company getting a bad review. I spoke with them, and nothing really came up. However, the board made a post in the group that was very petty/ugly/typical of neighborhood HOAs, then removed me from the group entirely afterwards. (It shows who sees the post, and I was removed within 5 minutes of "seeing" the post)

    If they use this as the main means to give out information on utilities, events, etc., can they kick out residents like this? I didn't violate ANY of the posted rules for the group or anything. I have no way to get information from them now.

    Am I within my rights to request they send out all of the information in email as well as facebook posts, if they aren't going to let the page be open to all residents?

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    (NJ/CA) lost all my legal docs during displacement due to divorce/COVID…license in NJ currently set to expire end of month but my replacement birth certificate will not arrive until after.

    Posted: 01 Jul 2021 11:48 AM PDT

    Title says it all. Ex wife "lost" all my documents in the mail by not having tracking on the package she sent to me. The only thing I have that can confirm my identity is my valid NJ drivers license and credit cards/bank statements with current CA address as I am living with family and do not have utility bills (cell phone is under my business). I put in for a replacement SS card and birth certificate and filled out my CA application for a non-real ID card (considering it might be easier in the short term until I can get my passport replaced).

    The problem I have is my license is set to expire 7-31 and my birth certificate is expected to arrive late August. I desperately need to drive for work and need to work to get back on my feet as I was hit pretty hard thanks to the pandemic. My ex has been dragging her feet and now is claiming she "lost it all" in the mail.

    Can someone with better knowledge of CA DMV advise as to other docs I can QUICKLY get so I can confirm who I am in CA? I really don't want a lapse in driving privileges.

    submitted by /u/twayfromhere
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