Someone Using Our Home Address

I would call the postmaster and ask if they can help sort this out. It could be a mistake in the paperwork. I placed an order the other day online and the address that showed up was an old one. I was already through ordering when i noticed it. The company had a computer glitch so I had to reorder it but my auto fill had just gone on the fritz.

So calling the Postmaster will alert them to a possible fraud and they are the "official" over the mail. They have the authority and power to take care of this issue to the fullest possible limit.

No, it is not legal for them to be using your address without your consent. It's called FRAUD.

Print the screen/page and take it to the post office along with your deed or mortgage for proof of when you bought the home - along with any other proof you have that you have been in the home for that long (cable bill, gas bill, etc.).

Then contact a lawyer and have them cease and desist.

Just write on the envelope - "Return to Sender. Not At This Address." and put it back into the mailbox or take it to the Post Office yourself and let them know that this is the wrong address and if you know what the correct address is - ask the Post Office to forward it to the correct address without charge.

I would do this first.

Alas, no, there is little you can do. It is strange but so long as their filings don't use your address there is nothing you can do.

About two years ago I started getting phone calls for an employment agency. Annoying, right? Then I started getting their mail. Apparently the only thing I could do was block their mail though the post office and change my phone number.

So start with blocking their mail. That way it goes back to whoever sent it undeliverable, no one of that name at this address.

Oh, yeah, if you googled them our address came up. It took me a few months to get the websites to take that down but legally there was nothing we could do.

Before you report them, are you sure they had anything to do with it? I get mail all the time for my parents to my address -- they've never even lived in my state, let alone my house. It's just that they are associated with me and my address through informational web sites that try to put info together by matching names with addresses they may or may not live in. Because they once resided in your home, that address will pop up as a possible link to the business. Godaddy.com is not the end-all be-all of information, and I can think of no good reason they would want their business to have the wrong address, since they'd never get any correspondence.

Absolutely report this. Find out where -- as others note, possibly whatever board does business licensing; as well as the Federal Trade Commission; and the local cops too.

You could end up getting more than just postcards for these con artists. If you ever get packages for them, do not even touch them but call the post office immediately; tell them that a scam company is using your address illegally; and tell them the package needs to be physically removed. If you're really worried call the cops.

There have been cases of drug dealers and others having packages mailed to an address so they can watch the house and then nab the package from the porch before the residents get to it.

I'm not saying that's the case here, but since you seem to feel these folks are not trustworthy, I'd be concerned that this card will not be the last mail you get here. I'd also get a mailbox that is too small for parcels and has a lock you can keep locked.

I'd pursue it rather than just doing "return to sender" and leaving it at that.

In my book that is kindred with identity theft so unless it can be proven it was a mistake (which it obviously isn't) I would report it to the police. If you are worried about that then start out by following some previous advice which is to send it back with 'return to sender' and any other things you want to mention loud and clear in print. Such as this business is not at this address. If you get any other things, definitely go to the police.

I would follow up on this, starting with whoever registers businesses. I would also visit the FTC site and see what they say about fraud and ID Theft. You can also file a dispute with GoDaddy.

We had a problem once with people giving out our address and/or phone number when they got arrested. The cops actually showed up on our doorstep to view our ID because they would call looking for these people and how were they to know that I wasn't really the criminal lying about my identity? After that (and after my housemates offered their military IDs and one of them pointed to his firefighter gear and said, "I serve this community, too") they left us alone. But for a while we were associated with some very bad people.

Send the postcard back stating not at this address and send godaddy an email letting them know the same.

If it continues you can report them to business licensing for not having a business license and using a false address.

If they are using the address in multiple areas I am sure it will be difficult to correct, but worth the time to do so.

I would check the Secretary of State's website to see what address they listed on their filing. If it's your address, then contact someone there to let them know that the address is fraudulent.

If they are not registered with the Secretary of State, check with your counties Recorder's Office to see if they have filed their paperwork there and if so, what address they are using.

You could also go to the post office and speak with the postmaster. You may be able to get them to stop delivering their mail to your address.

At the very least, write "Not at this Address"on the mail and send it back.

Mail it back to the company, telling them no such business at this address.

Contact Godaddy and let them know that is not a correct address to take it down.

We were receiving paychecks to someone we had never heard of. It was from a University in Arizona.. I kept mailing them back. I even called the university at one point.

I finally called the President of the Universities office to ask them, how they wanted me to handle further mailings.. They took care of it. Never got another piece of mail from them.

It can't be legal for them to be using your home address. I say you contact them and tell them to change the address immediately or you will be taking legal action. See what happens after that. That is so not ok!!!!! I am so sorry!~

Do you have any lawyer friends who could use their legal paper to draw up a little scare tactic? I would do that if you don't want to have face to face or even phone contact with them.

It could be mail fraud. Call your local post office and ask about it. It is considered mail fraud to have mail sent to an incorrect address on purpose. A friend's cousin almost got in trouble because she was having her credit card statements sent to my friend's address because a neighbor was stealing her mail.

Best just to write "Not at this address" on the envelope and make sure your mail person takes it back to the post office. And continue to do that with any other unwarranted mail. That's what I do. I live in an apartment and we get mail here for tenants that have been gone for 10 years. Dont take it too personal. Spam snail mail is just as popular as spam email.

If they still own the house??? do you rent from them?

Is it possible for you to call the company that sent the postcard and tell them to remove your address from the mailing list?

You can write Return to sender on it and hand it back to your postal carrier and the post office will give it back to the company as Undeliverable mail. Then its up to that company what they want to do with it.

I don't think its legal if you purposely do it but i know that some peoples handwriting is really bad and it could be put into a database wrong. I also know that companies don't update their databases so if someone has moved you could still get that previous owners mail 12 years later. We still get the previous owners mail and we've been here 13 years.

On any future mail to this business, mark it "return to sender, no such business at this address." Talk to your attorney about whether you need an affidavit of fraud/forgery and whether you need to place any kind of public notice. It is wrong, but I'm not sure it's illegal. You might contact the attorney general's office to inquire and also ask your personal attorney.

I have multiple people who took my address and part of my name, got fake i/ds, had checks printed with fake account numbers, and wrote bad checks all over town. They also applied for loans and insurance using my info. They don't actually have my SS#, DL# or other credit card info, so I have no actual damages by law. However, my phone rings nonstsop with creditor and collection agencies looking for the variety of people who do not exist. Even the sheriff called my house to inform me that they have an arrest warrant for one of the fake people. The only thing that has been at all successful has been to obtain an affidavit of fraud/forgery via my attorney and sending it out to to the creditors who contact me live. Sadly, most use computers to make their calls, and there's just no way around them. Grrr. I would say do not just let this go, but I don't think I'd contact the people directly. Let your attorney or the attorney general in your state do that.