i am getting other peoples bank statements, credit cards etc in my mail box, how can I stop it?

Question

for the last 5 weeks., i haave been receving different and many bank statements, credit cards under other peoples name. i dont know who they are, and never heared of them in my life and i have their banking information and credit cards. i have called the banks and told them that nobody that name leaves here, and to cancel or freeze the accout. but they keep sending them. this is a brand new house, i am the first one to ever live here., its not like people have lived here before and forgot to change their mailing address. what should i do? i want all this personal information from other people to keep coming here.

Answer 1

Contact the US Post Master in your area and explain what is going on and what you have done up to this point. Begin putting, "Return to sender, nobody of that name at this address" on the envelopes and pop into the mail. The senders will soon get the message. Just so you know, do NOT open any of these envelopes as it is a Federal offense to do so, especially financial institutions. Who knows what is going on, but with the rate of fraud these days perhaps somebody is using your address to access other peoples account info illegally.

Contacting the Post Master, and writting down the name of whomever it is, and the time and date will help. Also, write down each name on each envelope, the date it arrived, and what you wrote on it, and the date you popped it back into the mail. If you wish to be really safe, send it back certified mail, requrest for return signature. This way you can prove you sent it back just in case this goes south for some reason.

You are right to be concerned, and it shows good judgement to be so. I wish you the best, and a happy holiday season.

Answer 2

Write on the envelopes, RETURN TO SENDER, ADRESSEE IS NO LONGER AT THIS ADDRESS. Then put back in the mail. Most of these businesses are using mailing lists and they are sometimes out dated. So someone that lived there years ago may still be in their data files as still at your location. So the only way for it to stop is to let them know that they arent there anymore. The best and easiest way to deal with this is to do what I said above. It may not happen on the first time but just keep doing it with all of them and before you know it they will stop coming. It's kind of like un subscribing to spam email. One message and you are off their lists.

I hope this was a help to you. Good luck.

Answer 3

Don't open the mail or throw it away. Thats a federal offense. Write "return to sender" on the envelope and put it back in your mail box for the post man. If it continues alot. Take the mail up to your post office and have a talk with them about your options.

Answer 4

Each piece, write on the envelope "Return to Sender-NOT HERE". Drop them in the mail or leave them in your mailbox for the post person. You are having a screwed up post person doing that. If they have YOUR ADDRESS on the envelopes, and you say you are the first person to live there, just throw them out. If they are junk mail items, throw them out. The post office will NOT return junk mail items.

Answer 5

If you cross out the barcode, and write return to sender person not at this address - they will get tired of wasting postage on it. Also if that doesn't work you should ask the post office what their next step would be. They'll probably want to help since it's causing them to do double leg work...by delivering it, then having to return it.

Answer 6

The mail is the property of the addressee. You're required by law to return it to the mail delivery person for proper delivery. It's not yours to dispose of or open. The Postal Service is required to take it and return it to the banks, etc if it can't be properly delivered.

Answer 7

Take each envelope and MARK through the address--then write UNKNOWN, Return to Sender. This will stop the mail coming, but may take a cycle to work.
FYI: It's illegal to open mail addressed to others, even if it comes to your address.

Answer 8

This sounds like a really screwy mixup that might come from the Credit Bureaus. They get things awfully messed up and refuse to acknowledge their mistakes. If you haven't asked for your free credit report, this would be a good time to ask for it. That way you can see if someone else is using your address.
https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp

Answer 9

Opening mailed received that is not yours, is a Federal Crime. (If you have a mental disability), you can use that has your defense.

You should take every piece of mail received that is not yours and either return as "unknown", marked on the envelope, or take it direct to the postal inspector at your nearest post office.

Minddoctor, France.

Answer 10

Write "Return to Sender" on them with "Not at this Address" circled and pointing at the person's name. Drop them off at the post office and explain to them that none of those people live their anymore.