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I've just received a letter for a previous occupant of my address. Long gone, quite a few years ago gone occupant.

 

The return address is P. O. Box 140 Normanton.

 

Upon googling the return address, I find this thread: http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/payment-protection-insurance-ppi/162574-advice-re-claiming-ppi-2.html

 

which seems to suggest that this P.O. Box belongs to some nasty debt collection type organisation.

 

Any hints as to how to handle this?

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Stick it back in the post with "not at this address" written on it

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Oh, that's the lender, not a DCA. A little less dodgy.

 

I put the (unopened) envelope back in the post "return to sender, not known at this address, no forwarding address". I've also called my local office of

Britannia Personal Lending, and they're "looking into it".

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personally id open it. Anything that lands on my doorstep is my property.

 

It is unlawful to open mail addressed to another person (without that person's authority).

I really do appreciate all those 'thank you' emails - I'm glad I've been able to help. Apologies if I haven't acknowledged all of them.

You can also ding my gong if you prefer. :)

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From the Postal Services Act 2000:

 

"A person commits an offence if, intending to act to a person's detriment and without reasonable excuse, he opens a postal packet which he knows or reasonably suspects has been incorrectly delivered to him.

 

It is all a matter of intent.

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Britannia Personal Lending Ltd is part of BOS as is the Halifax.

 

Britannia Personal Lending Limited, City House, City Road, Chester, CH88 3AN. Registered in England, No. 3416733. Registered Office: Trinity Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1

 

Bank of Scotland plc Account Management Services, City House, City Road, CH88 3AN, Phone: (1244) 696060,

Chester X

England

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The Post Office database shows this as

 

H B O S plc

PO Box 140

NORMANTON

WF6 1YA

 

Their actual address there is

 

Hbos Plc

Mildred Sylvester Way

Normanton

Wakefield

WF6 1TA

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I received an envelope from "PO BOX 140" today., and it is addressed to some woman who hasn't lived at my address in ages. I've never met her and I'm sure I wouldn't want to meet her anyway. So I did what I do with all mail I get which belongs to someone else, and that is I write "DECEASED - RETURN TO SENDER" on the front of it and pop it back in the mailbox. This really messes them up at the other end so they just close the account, end of.

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Hey I like that one who cares, Nat West are looking for Mrs Hippy who skipped last year, (see my thread) had a letter for the occupier asking where Mrs Hippy was now,,,, have started a competition for the best reply. could well be up there... excellent

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Hey I like that one who cares, Nat West are looking for Mrs Hippy who skipped last year, (see my thread) had a letter for the occupier asking where Mrs Hippy was now,,,, have started a competition for the best reply. could well be up there... excellent

 

Mrs Hippy.....currently working in the International Space Station...haha..like to see them post there.

 

Regards,

Stormski

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Sorry to bump a thread, but this is the first result on Google for "PO Box 140, Normanton WF61YA" I opened this letter as there was no definite answer on what was in it.

 

It was a letter explaining terms being changed on one of my savings accounts, nothing dodgy.

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I didn't realise that this thread had continued on for three years after I started it!

 

We received another one this morning. Use of a high powered LED torch revealed it as coming from the Halifax bank. Googling P.O. Box 140 gave me this thread, which I had completely forgotten about a few months after I started it in 2009!

 

I'll phone Halifax next week and ask them to fix it.

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