Hundreds of people turn up to court… only to find out they’ve been caught out by elaborate trick

More than 200 people showed up at a Colorado court to answer for parking violations, only to find they’d fallen victim to a rampant text scam.

Dozens of people arrived at the Denver City and County building at 9am on May 1, each of whom received an ‘urgent’ text demanding they answer for traffic violations.

The Colorado State Patrol said scammers sent out an elaborate document that encouraged recipients to scan a QR code and pay for their purported driving infractions…

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