Possible Identity theft/fraud - what to do?

regency_man

I didn't know where to post this so it's ended up here.

Starting with almost the first post delivery of 2016 I've started receiving mail addressed to 3 different members of the same family, surname 'Rai', to my house. People by that surname, as far as I am aware, have never lived here. The house was empty for a year before I bought it and I know who owned it before that. In any case, I've owned the house for about 6 months and have never received mail addressed to this family before, it's a new thing.

So far there have been 2 letters from the NHS one addressed to 'A Rai', and one addressed 'To the Parent or Guardian of S Rai'. There have been several from credit card companies addressed to 'Mr Aditya Rai'. As these have all had return addresses on them, I have not opened them. However yesterday a plain envelope arrived addressed to 'Mrs K Rai', with no return address on, so I opened it. It was a thank-you letter from the store manager of the local Tesco branch - thanking his employees for their 'hard work over the holiday season'.

This seems very strange... I have no idea what to do about it though. I'm going to 'Return to Sender' the mail with return addresses on and write a letter to the store manager of Tesco to say his mail was mis-addressed.

Other than that, is there anything else I should do to protect myself?

[Deleted User]

Certainly not identity theft, as they're not addressed to you.

Just return to sender.

MEM62

regency_man wrote: »

is there anything else I should do to protect myself?

No.

There is no evidence of fraud or identity theft. Just return the mail marked 'Not Known at This Address' and stop worrying over nothing.