Monday Night – The Jury Scam attempt and a sick bunny

Evening.  Had a very interesting weekend with two separate incidents that were disturbing for different reasons.  Let’s go with the items in chronological order.

So on Friday I took two of the rabbits (the males – Flan and Noir), Flan was going in for his sneezing, which although was cute as hell was a bit worrying.  Noir I was taking for “wandering dandruff” think dandruff that is caused by mites and causes bare patches.  He also had a large lump near his ear that was quite black, understandable as he is a solid black rabbit.  When we got to the vets, the lump had broken off with just something that looked like a blood blister remaining.  At the vets and after spending over $500 we found out that he may have melanoma, which will require surgery to remove and also for the pathologist which will be ~$1.5k but he is only 7 and my best buddy and of course I will pay, I am just glad I am in a situation where I can afford it and not have it break the bank.

So I was a bit out of sorts after the vet business, but the next bit really really weirded my weekend.  At 10am I am awoken by my cell ringing from a restricted number, so I cut it off and then try to go back to sleep (no kids, sex dwarf, or vocal, free roaming pets to wake me up early).  Get another call from a restricted number, this I answer as I do have kids who live in different states.  It is a person who identifies themselves as a police officer, who states I have a Federal Warrant out for my arrest for a failure to appear.  The facts as relayed to me – I was sent a letter saying I had to be at a jury selection for a Federal Grand Jury.  And since I did not show up a warrant had been issued for my arrest.  Now this form that I had signed was bothering me since I had not received nor had I sent, so I was very confused, well more so than normal.  The reason I was getting a call (cops never call, they just show up per Horatio) was because I had no criminal record.  Now I had just awoken, no caffeine, and needing to pee.

So I did the smart thing, handed the phone to my wife, got some caffeine and too a long and very satisfying piss, while she spoke to the officer, my wife asked for his name and a badge number, which he gave.  He then said that he would have the Marshall’s office patched in so I could talk to the Marshall.  The number which showed up was actually the Raleigh Marshall’s Office, so good spoofing gear, and a Marshall came on to talk about handling this civil instead of criminal.  My wife looked askance and then did a google search for jury scams which provided info about how the scam works.  So I ask the Marshall for the name of his supervisor, and the guy on the line says he is the one in charge.  I said I wanted to the name of his supervisor and that we know about the jury duty scam.  He stuttered a second and the line went dead, he never got to request the $2.5k which seems to be their go to amount according to Google.

So glad my wife was awake, caffeinated, irritable about having her Wimbledon watching interrupted, and a lawyer.  Beware of scams, remember the police are more likely to break down your door than call you.

As for sports, we just had a fantastic weekend of futbol matches, tennis, and I assume baseball.  Amuse yourselves below, I am watching Werewolf Within and am loving it, especially that Lily chick, and the wakko Dr.