sweetpeasmom
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Oct 11, 2019 19:21:34 GMT
Every so often, I'll receive something that has maybe the former owners on the label or sometimes I get something addressed to Suzy Smith and my name is Laura Smith. That kind of thing. However today, I had 3 pieces of mail for a Stephen Tanner with our address on it. One piece is from AT&T saying welcome to the neighborhood, here's an exciting offer for you (says it on the envelope). One is for Kaiser, looks like it could be junk but not sure. The other is one of those types that has the perforated sides that you are supposed to tear off to open. Could be junk but it does say Important Security Notification. So now I'm concerned. Is this a case of identity theft (but the name isn't us, just the address)? Is this a new person that moved in somewhere and he's given out the wrong address? What could it be? I wouldn't think twice about other than it's 3 different types of mail, addressed to the same person at our address.
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Post by monklady123 on Oct 11, 2019 19:39:03 GMT
Could be someone new who got mixed up with his address. I'd just put a line through the name/address and write on the envelope "no one here by this name" and put it out for the mail carrier to pick up. Just keep doing that. Eventually someone will fix it.
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Post by brenda89 on Oct 11, 2019 21:03:43 GMT
I just bought my house in April of this year. I will still get mail for previous owners, I'm 99.9% it's all junk. I tried writing on it and putting it back in the box with the flag up. Didn't seem to help. So I put a post it note that says "X and X XXX are the only ones that live here" in the mailbox so the carrier would see it, but it's not really in the way. So it stays up and I don't get any more mail in my mailbox that isn't ours. I know there's mail still addressed to the other names, since I get the Informed Delivery Daily Digest email from the USPS (you can register and sign up for this on USPS.com). The email shows pictures of almost every piece of mail coming that day, packages it just lists the tracking numbers.
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Post by elaine on Oct 11, 2019 21:41:45 GMT
We’ve owned our house for 16 years now and still get mail for the previous 2 owners.
Marketers will package their junk mail in ways that looks official - even those “tear the sides off” envelopes.
If you are really concerned and don’t want to just toss it, then write “not at this address” on the front - x-ing out your address - and put it wherever you put mail to be picked up.
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Mar 28, 2024 21:50:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 21:46:55 GMT
I have been sending mail back for years. Mark "not at this address" and stick it back in the box.
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Post by Sanibel on Oct 11, 2019 22:00:34 GMT
I just bought my house in April of this year. I will still get mail for previous owners, I'm 99.9% it's all junk. I tried writing on it and putting it back in the box with the flag up. Didn't seem to help. So I put a post it note that says "X and X XXX are the only ones that live here" in the mailbox so the carrier would see it, but it's not really in the way. So it stays up and I don't get any more mail in my mailbox that isn't ours. I know there's mail still addressed to the other names, since I get the Informed Delivery Daily Digest email from the USPS (you can register and sign up for this on USPS.com). The email shows pictures of almost every piece of mail coming that day, packages it just lists the tracking numbers. I love having the daily digest delivered in my email box every morning!
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Post by pherena on Oct 12, 2019 6:13:00 GMT
We once had a mental giant with poor handwriting apply for, and receive, a credit card from a major home improvement center. He lived at 216 and we live at 210. We got his mail for a short while until we notified the post office and the vendor of the error. Very annoying. LEARN TO PRINT!!
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Post by Basket1lady on Oct 12, 2019 7:07:51 GMT
Well, after 4 hours on the phone last night, I’d encourage you to pull a credit report.
We moved to Belgium a month ago, but moved out of the house 7 weeks ago. Two days ago, an old neighbor texted us to say that we had a package on our doorstep. She sent a photo of the box and it was a PS4. No, we did not order that!
We checked the weekly email that our credit watch service sends and sure enough, there was an inquiry and 3 HSN (Home Shopping Network) entries.
After over an hour with the credit watch service, another half hour with the HSN operator, another half hour with their fraud department, and another half hour with the fraud department of the their bank that issues the HSN credit cards, we have our credit locked down and investigations ongoing. I’m sure this will be a fun experience. NOT!
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Post by freecharlie on Oct 12, 2019 13:26:12 GMT
Well, after 4 hours on the phone last night, I’d encourage you to pull a credit report. We moved to Belgium a month ago, but moved out of the house 7 weeks ago. Two days ago, an old neighbor texted us to say that we had a package on our doorstep. She sent a photo of the box and it was a PS4. No, we did not order that! We checked the weekly email that our credit watch service sends and sure enough, there was an inquiry and 3 HSN (Home Shopping Network) entries. After over an hour with the credit watch service, another half hour with the HSN operator, another half hour with their fraud department, and another half hour with the fraud department of the their bank that issues the HSN credit cards, we have our credit locked down and investigations ongoing. I’m sure this will be a fun experience. NOT! good thing you had a good relationship with your neighbors.
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leeny
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Post by leeny on Oct 12, 2019 20:44:13 GMT
We periodically get mail for someone at our address with an apartment number. There is no extra apartment or unit on our property. I mark through the address and write not at this address.
When returning mail, don't forget to cross out the bar code printed on the front or back of the envelope. Otherwise it may come back again!
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Post by anniefb on Oct 12, 2019 21:54:39 GMT
Sometimes it’s just an incorrect address like 3 instead of 33 or whatever. I always write ‘ not known at this address’ and have it returned to the sender.
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Post by jubejubes on Oct 13, 2019 0:45:13 GMT
I simply use a black sharpie to cross out the code, make an "X" over the address and an arrow with RTS (return to sender).
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