> Dear Marilyn,
>
> Saw you on GMTV this morning - what a very sad story,
> it made me very angry hearing what happened to your Mum. I'm
> constantly getting this type of scam mail through my letterbox and will
> confess that if it wasn't for my very sensible younger partner (I'm a
> young thinking 60 year old inclined to be somewhat gullible at times!), I
> could easily have ended up in the same situation as your poor Mum.
>
> A lot of my scam mail seems to have arrived following my subscription to
> Readers Digest which I always thought was an old and respectable
> publication. One of the reasons your Mum succumbed is because she was of
> a generation who had high principles and morals and honesty and
> decency ranked high. She obviously thought that these people had the
> same ethics.
>
> I strongly feel that Royal Mail should adopt responsibility for what they put
> through peoples doors and to knowingly be delivering this type of scam mail
> is immoral and irresponsible in the extreme - just to make more money!!
>
> I contacted Trading Standards regarding one letter I received, supposedly
> from a Clairvoyant in Holland (ring any bells?) and left it with them to deal
> with but to date have had no response - this was 3 years ago!
>
> I deal with scam mail now by crossing through my address and
> writing 'return to sender' on the envelope. I will be contacting Royal
> Mail, urging them to stop delivering this type of mail, which definitely
> targets the vulnerable and gullible among us, perhaps if everyone else did
> the same they may start to listen. Your website is very impressive and I
> wish you luck with your campaign.
>
> King regards,
>
> Sue xx









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