TJ - The Campaign

Here's what it's all about.

After Marilyn's mother was scammed out of around £50,000 Marilyn took the story to the media. She felt, and still does, that the Royal Mail had a duty of care to her mother.

Since then she has been inundated with other stories from scam mail victims and their families. Some victims are delivered up to ONE HUNDRED scam letters a day by the Royal Mail. Some have sold their homes and changed their wills at the request of the scammers.

The campaign
is three fold...

First, to raise the publics awareness
to the extent of the scam mail problem
by trying to place the Don't Be A Scam Mail Victim posters in as many public places as possible. Whilst we have no funding, local organisations all around the UK can download the poster in pdf format and have them printed off in A3 or A4 and in quantities to suit their budget. The website will be an invaluable tool but the telephone message is a must for the victims and thousands of potential victims who don't have access to the internet.

Second, to make the Royal Mail accept that they have a duty of care towards vulnerable people and take an active role in the early recognition of a victim. research tells us that Royal Mail delivery people easily recognise when someone is being targeted by scammers. All that were interviewed said they objected to being used as mules but there isn't a procedure in place for them to start the alarm bells ringing. A simple Scam Mail Notification Form for them to hand into their manager, is all it would take to involve agencies such as Social Services and Age Concern. The Royal Mail will still get to make their delivery and the victim could be provided with early professional help.

In the long term, to bring about the introduction of legislation to prevent scammers hiding behind PO Boxes.

At present the Royal Mail do not acknowledge the fact that scam mail or criminal mail is causing a major problem in the UK, as you will find by visiting their website, there isn't one mention about it.

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