“We have had similar requests from other governmental agencies who place legal notice advertising in our newspapers,” Taborski said. “And, frankly, this seemed to us to be in line with those other requests.”
The newspaper complied with the bogus DOT request and sent a faxed reply. The request for bank information included using the company’s fax cover sheet in the reply, and a document authorized by Taborski’s signature providing them with the name of the newspaper’s bank and account number
wow, sending a cover sheet from the company as well as the signature of the publisher? that request alone should have set off alarm bells