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a letter post to my address without any name to be addressed to and with a sender

36 replies

flapjackeater · 28/10/2011 12:35

Dear Members,
I received a letter to my address without any name to be addressed to but it s written "if undelivered please return to" sender with a po box sender address.
I would be grateful if you could tell me what is the best to do without opening the letter. The envelope is written "Private & Confidential".
I have been living in the present address for 12 months but never happen before.
Many thanks in anticipation.

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SoupDragon · 28/10/2011 12:39

Open it.

TheGoldRoad · 28/10/2011 12:39

I would open it, but I'm nosy like that. It can't be that private if there is no name on it Hmm

SoupDragon · 28/10/2011 12:40

you can also google the return address for a clue. I've done this before.

LIZS · 28/10/2011 12:40

Chances are it is speculative - cna you google the po box ? Otherwise just open it .

BehindLockNumberNine · 28/10/2011 12:40

If there is no name on it then the letter does not officially belong to anyone and thus I believe you can open it.
It may just be a clever-ish marketing ploy and contain something as boring as a double glazing sales leaflet.

Open it!

Original poster
flapjackeater · 28/10/2011 13:11

Thank you all for your replies
If I open it then it will keep coming back and I think I will be flooding with advert junk mails as it is already bad as it is but this time is "private & confidential"
The sender is PO Box 4139, RG12 9HN
I ve looked in google but it is unclear.
Many thanks again
K. regards

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SoupDragon · 28/10/2011 15:13

It will only keep coming back if it is a zombie.

Seriously, open this one and then you will know whether future ones should be opened or returned to sender.

Pascha · 28/10/2011 15:16

Send it back with Addressee Moved Away written over it.

Original poster
flapjackeater · 28/10/2011 16:23

Thank you Pascha I will do that.
I have not got the gut to open the letter, and very worried if it is not addressed to me myself.
I am glad someone would do just what I would. But I thought I was not normal and a weird person to be worried to open it.
Many thanks to everyone for your time to reply.
K. regards

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SoupDragon · 28/10/2011 16:27

It's not addressed to anyone! What on earth is there to be scared of?

nickelbabe · 28/10/2011 16:33

if it's not a got a name on it, then it's speculative.
they're not quite door-to-doors, but basically the same thing.
I think it costs the sender more to have addresses on (by the RM), but don't worry about opening it.

sleepevader · 28/10/2011 16:41

Just bloody open it!

MOSagain · 28/10/2011 16:41

[hhmm]
Regards

ghoulionine · 28/10/2011 16:44

Any mail I receive not addressed to me/my family is returned to sender. If the name of the person it is adrdressed to is on it I add "unknown at this address" before "return to sender"

Gonzo33 · 28/10/2011 16:45

It's from Push Mailing Ltd. It will be junk mail probably. RTS or file under b1n

suburbandream · 28/10/2011 16:45

If there's no name on it, it can't be that private and confidential - I'd be too nosy not to open it! We seem to get lots of junk mail that comes through at the same time as the normal post - in sealed envelopes so not flyers, but not addressed to us in particular. Often they have things on them like "important information, open immediately" etc, probably just to make you open them. If you're worried about opening it, just return to sender.

hayleysd · 28/10/2011 16:46

I would open it too it might be junk, I get stacks of junk all from royal mail!

ReaperView · 28/10/2011 16:47

I bin em.

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flapjackeater · 28/10/2011 17:01

I heard that you could be picked from a debt collection which you have nothing to do then they will be pestering you for money that you do not owe. I heard this horrible stories. True or not, I d better avoid anything that nothing to do with me.
K regards

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Original poster
flapjackeater · 28/10/2011 17:02

thank you x

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Collaborate · 29/10/2011 10:51

"I heard that you could be picked from a debt collection which you have nothing to do then they will be pestering you for money that you do not owe. I heard this horrible stories. True or not, I d better avoid anything that nothing to do with me."

I suggest you stop reading those kind of emails that claim these kinds of things are true.

What utter nonsense! If you think that, why not go the whole hog and stay indoors for the rest of your life. It's a scary world out there!

catsareevil · 29/10/2011 11:19

Just open it. If a debt collection agency doesnt know your name then I would feel safe in ignoring anything they send.

MOSagain · 29/10/2011 14:49

LOL at Collaborate. Summed up much better than I did Wink

nannynick · 30/10/2011 16:19

www.pushmail.co.uk seems the most likely source. They have that PO Box address but with RG42 instead of RG12. Is the 1 perhaps meant to be a 4 but printed badly?

They are a direct mail fulfilment centre. So the actual contents would be from one of their many clients.

If you sent it back, they wouldn't know who it was from if it didn't an address on. So just open it, read it and most probably recycle it.
With out it being sent recorded delivery they don't know it ever got delivered.

Open it and tell is all who it's from. It's most probably junk mail. If it is something important meant for someone else, then the company who sent it may have included their details on the letter inside.

nannynick · 30/10/2011 16:21

Try that again, should have been www.pushmailing.co.uk that's the company whose PO Box it appears to be from some Google searching.