Vehicle Registration Fraud

vaio

yep, it's only illegal if you do it with nefarious intent

vikingaero

hollie.weimeraner wrote: »

It is illegal to open someone elses mail irrespective of the address it is sent to.

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/nireland/consumer_ni/consumer_post_e/consumer_problems_with_post_e/consumer_problems_with_post_delivery_e/youre_receiving_someone_elses_mail.htm

I was waiting for someone to bite on that.

Once mail is delivered to an address it is of no concern to the Royal Mail what happens to it. The CAB, I would argue are wrong as legislation seems to revolve around interfering with mail in the system and intent once it has been delivered - for instance you open a letter sent to your address but with a different name and find a credit card AND use that credit card to defraud. If you just open the letter and send it back there is no intent.

vaio

mens rea?.......

spacey2012

The amount of people on here who end up in the brown stuff by opening other peoples mail and getting involved is a daily occurrence.
Return it to sender.

Vicmeldrew

hollie.weimeraner wrote: »

It is illegal to open someone elses mail irrespective of the address it is sent to.

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/nireland/consumer_ni/consumer_post_e/consumer_problems_with_post_e/consumer_problems_with_post_delivery_e/youre_receiving_someone_elses_mail.htm

No it's not.

If you disagree, show a link to the law not the CAB's advice.

agrinnall

Vicmeldrew wrote: »

No it's not.

If you disagree, show a link to the law not the CAB's advice.

I thought that as the link was to Northern Ireland information there might actually be a different law in place there (for historic reasons opening unexpected mail might not be a good idea) but in fact the same mis-information is given on the page for England - if only we had a CAB board where we could complain .

Tiddlywinks

spacey2012 wrote: »

The amount of people on here who end up in the brown stuff by opening other peoples mail and getting involved is a daily occurrence.
Return it to sender.

Really? Trouble, how?

I must be walking around with my eyes closed because I haven't seen anything of that nature on here and I visit almost daily.

vaio

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Really? Trouble, how?

I must be walking around with my eyes closed because I haven't seen anything of that nature on here and I visit almost daily.

a bit of drama (or potential drama) is always good

shaun_from_Africa

I sent an e-mail to the CAB a few weeks ago pointing out that their website was giving incorrect information and gave them the link to the Postal Services act so they could check this for themselves.

I received an automated reply saying it had been received and that was it.
It's probably easier and cheaper for them to ignore it rather than change it so that it is correct.

The amount of people on here who end up in the brown stuff by opening other peoples mail and getting involved is a daily occurrence.

As it's a daily occurrence, I'm sure you won't have any problems giving a few links where this has happened in the past week or two.