Letters arriving not in my name.

matttye

p00hsticks wrote: »

It may not be unlawful, but I'd argue that it's not particularly helpful unless you are then going to go to the trouble of following up on the now opened letter by either calling the company or sending a separate letter back to them to tell them....

Just as effective and cheaper and more convenient for you is to do as mattye suggests - simply cross out your address on the front of the unopened letter, mark it as 'Return to Sender - Unknown at this address' and put them in the nearest post box next time you go past one. Let Royal Mail deal with it !

I meant opening it and actually calling the company

roxy28

Ok thanks for the replys.

Will do as advised and also will not bother with a credit check.

Prothet_of_Doom

I had a number of Letters to a MRS M POD and my first name is Mark

I opened one by mistake once. A debt collection agency was chasing a Mary POD. I put it back in the envelop and sealed it up, wrote RTS No MRS M POD has EVER lived Here. Get about one a year these days, but it got to one a month.

spacey2012

The best place to put them is back in the post box.

StuC75

Such returned mail is not treated as a priority both by the Royal Mail or the Original Sender. Since what they receive can be a mix of Mailshots and 'True' Correspondence. and may be actioned my temps..

It can be quicker and cheaper (by way of using saynoto0870) to lookup at numbers on the letter to find free \ inclusive rate number to then Telephone and advise accordingly..

Afterall a lot people that avoid debts do just bin the letter, or send back as Return to Sender to avoid such letters.

For which tracing agents then search out the addresses again which then comes back as the same address (because of other accounts registered)..

So eventually its best if something is done to actually break that cycle!!

p00hsticks wrote: »

It may not be unlawful, but I'd argue that it's not particularly helpful unless you are then going to go to the trouble of following up on the now opened letter by either calling the company or sending a separate letter back to them to tell them....

Just as effective and cheaper and more convenient for you is to do as mattye suggests - simply cross out your address on the front of the unopened letter, mark it as 'Return to Sender - Unknown at this address' and put them in the nearest post box next time you go past one. Let Royal Mail deal with it !