Posted on 02/26/2021 2:35:59 PM PST by sharpee
We received mail address to our address addressed to someone who never lived here. After doing some checking and finding it was not a neighbor we opened the envelope. Inside was a bank debit card along with information about an account that had been opened. We contacted the bank. They indicated there is a lot of fraud going on.
They closed the account and suggested that we contact the credit bureaus and the state unemployment office and our local police department.
In each case the organization we contacted indicated that it is an ongoing problem.
Please be careful if you receive any unusual bank statements. Also check your credit scores for any unusual activity.
We have gotten hit by account fraud before and take all bogus activity seriously.
Under COVID, credit reports are free. People should be checking their reports at least quarterly.
A lot of fraud going around? That’s for sure; I recently opened the mail to find 81 million votes were counted as cast for Biden in presidential election.
but its not your bank... if I open a bank account and use your address... its still my bank account, not yours. There is no way for me to get money from your accounts into mine.
I am guessing it was just a typo.
Hope your daughter is OK. Getting through that type of situation is life lesson that children should not go through. My sister went through something like that. Her strength was unbelievable.
That is a good question. Not sure but the Credit bureau may only want to deal with the person.
After my husband stopped receiving new debit cards when the old ones expired, I looked into it. They had been sending them to our old address, despite having updated our address on the account over 15 years ago. Fortunately, no one at the old address ever used the cards.
I would never have opened it. Mark with a Sharpie “REFUSE RETURN TO SENDER, RECIPIENT NOT AT THIS ADDRESS” and throw it back in the postal drop box. Mission accomplished.
N.B. It might be a deal where it is mailed to your address, and the individual then steals it from your mailbox.
I’ve been getting those Chase card fraud alerts, too.
I still have my CNY area code on my phone.
I’ve been getting a LOT of spam calls, numbers I don’t recognize.
You missed a chance at getting new stuff : )
In this day and age of stolen identies and credit fraud....why would you NOT open it?
Opening other people’s mail is trashy. Stop being trashy, Karen
“Cuz it has nothing to do with you...”
Wrong. My address, my house.
“.. and is illegal on your part.”
Prove I did anything...anything at all.
I’ll wait.
I had that problem also. Best thing to do is write MOVED on the envelope/mail in big black sharpie and shove it back in the mailbox. Let the post office deal with it.
If the post office doesn't remedy the situation after a few weeks of that, do like I did and lodge a complaint with the USPS Postmaster online. They'll take care of it in a big hurry.
What a snooping Karen.
I get stuff addressed to my mother-in-law all the time. She died in 2002 in another county and never lived at my address.
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