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Is your camera ticket a fake? Here’s how to tell
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Red light camera tickets: Not liable to ID the driver; some are fishing expeditions. Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson helps you fight back against tricky fake tickets.
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First things first, not all "tickets" are created equal. If you receive something that looks like a ticket but doesn't have the court's full address or phone number – or worse, it says "Do not contact the court" – you might be dealing with what's cheekily called a "snitch ticket." These aren't real tickets at all but rather attempts to get you to rat out whoever was actually driving. The dead giveaway is usually that they will say something like, "Courtesy Notice: This is not a ticket."