> Hi Marilyn
>
> We saw you on Breakfast TV this morning and are glad someone is taking
> some action about all this scam mail. We moved to our new home last
> November, the previous owner being an elderly lady who had gone to live
> with her daughter. For the first three months she had her post
> re-directed. When this service came to an end the post lady asked if we
> minded forwarding on her mail, which we were happy to do, but her comment
> was 'Well most of it is junk' (so the posties are obviously aware of it).
> And sure enough it is. We realised that it was scam mail, and quite
> frankly we have binned it rather than forwarding it to her. Because of
> the recycling rules we have to remove the plastic windows from the
> envelopes so we have been able to see the contents of her mail and we have
> been shocked and dismayed at the way these people prey on the vulnerable.
> Some of the letters even look genuine with a forwarding address and
> 'Private & Confidential' on them like a bank, which we have forwarded
> even though we can see through the envelope and are near enough
> certain that it is scam mail. We only bin what we are 100% sure about,
> even though we feel that this lady (or her daughter) would have notified
> her change of address as necessary.
>
> The other worrying side of this scam issue is that we get calls for the
> said lady from not particularly nice sounding people, some claiming to be
> close relatives, eg her sister! Others just hang up when I say she no
> longer lives here, or worse try to ensnare me in their horrid game.
>
> These people must get the names and addresses from the Electoral Register.
> Perhaps from the age of 60 or 65 people should automatically be put on the
> edited Electoral Register (if they have not already chosen this option) so
> that their details can't be sold to these scummy scammers.
>
> The Royal Mail should be ashamed of itself and should be questioning their
> ethics in business.
>
> Well done for spearheading this campaign and for having the foresight to
> video your Mother. It was most touching to watch and I am sure she will
> be proud of you making a stand against these scammers.
>
> Good luck 'ThinkJessica'
> Best wishes
> Rose Barrett



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