The letter arrived in an envelope marked “ATTENTION REQUIRED” and “Traffic Violation Document Enclosed.”
The return address was “District Court of the First Circuit, Tempe AZ,” so of course I thought it was a scam, just like all those phony text messages about unpaid traffic fines from the Arizona Department of Transportation or toll charges from some other random state.
It certainly couldn’t be real. I almost threw it away. But then, I opened it…