Drowning in Junk Mail – This Week in Junk Mail 28 pieces

This was a great week. PaperKarma punched some buttons and the app is back on track. This week mail from Engage Direct Mail should stop. Next week junk mail from HSP Direct & NOVA List should stop. They make the mail for Citizens United. I would be so happy if I have gotten down to 20 mailpieces a week.

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2 from Guideposts. This should be one of the last mailings I get from them. Next week is 8 weeks since I got her removed from their lists. Opt-out here GPSprod@cdsfulfillment.com

2 from The Senior Citizens League, Open Scerets page, opt-out here info@tsclhq.org

3 from Response Unlimited:

• This group has nothing to do with RU I made a mistake. Veterans in Defense of Liberty, Charity Navigator page, Opt-out here: membership@vidol-america.us and call (417) 886-8499
• United States Justice Foundation. Charity Navigator,  Source Watch page
• Traditional Values Coalition, Wiki page, Open Secrets page, Charity Navigator page (no rating)

Random political junk mail:

• National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. Wiki page, Open Secrets page. Make sure you opt out twice:  Do not rent my name, No More Mail.
• Faith and Freedom Coalition, Wiki page, Open Secrets page, opt-out here INFO@FFCOALITION.COM
• Catholic Vote, Wiki page, Open Secrets page info@catholicvote.org a project of Fedelis Open Secrets page
• Council for Retirement Security a program of Our Generation. Opt-out here
• Citizen Outreach, run by Chuck Muth,  Wiki page, Source Watch page. Opt-out here info@citizenoutreach.com
• Remember America’s Heritage, a project of the Caudill Foundation (Charity Navigator page) run by Kip Caudill. Generally I don’t like to link to Facebook but for Kip I will make an exception. To opt-out call Right Concepts Inc (703) 222-8440
• The Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation using Allen West, The CPCF blog opt-out here or help@CPCFoundation.com
• Seniors for Sovereignty, a project of The Social Security Institute (SSI) opt-out here info@socialsecurityinstitute.com. or if that doesn’t work InfoCision Management Corporation infocis@infocision.com

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5 Charities:

• The Wilderness Society, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page, opt-out here action@tws.org
• International Rescue Committee, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page, opt-out here DonorServices@Rescue.org
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page, Source Watch page, Anti-PETA website PETA Kills Animals Warning: This website contains graphic images. Opt-out here and call  (757) 622-7382
• Feeding America, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page, opt-out here
• Los Angeles Food Bank, Charity Navigator page Opt-out here

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6 Scams:

• Health Today 30 Ryan CT STE 100 Monterey CA 93940. I have gone to step 2 with these guys
• Douglass Report opt out here  I am filling out another from 1500 because this one has a different address that the other mailpiece had.
• The Arthritis Trust of America PO Box 7003 Merrifield VA 22116-7003. This is a scam charity that has a scam sweepstakes attached to it. #48 Worst Charities in America. I have already sent in a form 1500 for them. This should be the last one
• Dr. Nan Fuchs’ Women’s Health Letter, This should be the last mailpiece from Dr. Nan.
• Organization for Financial Assistance and Immediate Help (O.F.A.I.H.) A.P.M.E. c/o M.V.E.U. O.F.A.I.H. Dept. PO Box 1219 NL-3600 BE Maarssen Netherlands.

Going to step 2 with Alternatives. They should have stopped months ago.

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6 pre-paid envelops stuffed and ready to go

2 from 1500‘s ready to go

Leftovers

Drowning in Junk Mail – This Week in Junk Mail 41 pieces

After a nice light week, I am back up to the new normal of about 40 pieces. A new disturbing trend in the past few weeks as been Pyramid scams. I have gotten so many I am going to give them their own blog post.

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2 in 1 day club

• St. Joseph’s Indian School, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page (not rated) BBB page. Opt-out here saintjosephs@stjo.org. My big write up on SJIS for Christmas.
• The Senior Citizens League, opt-out here.

3 From Response Unlimited

• This group has nothing to do with RU. I made a mistake. Liberty Guard, run by Bob Barr. Charity Navigator page, opt-out here also opt-out of American Target Advertising
• United States Justice Foundation. Charity Navigator page 2 stars. Source Watch page.
• This group doe not use RU. I made a mistake. Christian Seniors Association sister organization to Traditional Values Coalition, Wiki page, Open Secrets page, opt-out here, also contact American Target Advertising to opt-out.

The Civil Rights Trifecta again. Do they text each other so I get them all in the same week?

• Alliance Defending Freedom Opt-out here.
• American Civil Rights Union Opt-out here info@theacru.org
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Opt-out here membership@aclu.org

2 from Engage Direct Mail
Senior Citizen Alliance a program of Citizen Guardian

2 from Catholic Vote, Wiki page, Open Secrets page info@catholicvote.org a project of Fedelis Open Secrets page

2 from Faith and Freedom Coalition, Wiki page, Open Secrets page, opt-out here INFO@FFCOALITION.COM

2 from the GOP

• National Republican Senatorial Committee  Opt-out here
• National Republican Congressional Committee opt-out here

Random political junk mail

• Council for Retirement Security a program of Our Generation. Opt-out here
• Save Jerusalem, Run by Mike Evens opt-out here
• Remember America’s Heritage, no information available, has the same PO Box (Po Box 7066, Fredericksburg, VA 22404) as Religious Freedom Coalition and Government Is Not God-Pac
• The Social Security Institute (SSI) opt-out here info@socialsecurityinstitute.com
• Hillsdale Collage, Wiki page opt-out here DonorServices@hillsdale.edu
• Veterans Victory Fund, no website Open Secrets page.  Article that mentions VVF

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Charities

• American Farmland Trust, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page (not rated yet)
• Greenpeace, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page, Greenpeace has a page devoted to reducing paper use. It includes handy tips like putting a “No Junk Mail” sign in your mailbox. That does not work in the USA. A postal worker must deliver every piece of mail addressed to your house. Pro-tip Greenpeace: If you want to reduce paper usage, how about you send less junk mail. Before I called you I was getting a package every month. Opt-out here info@wdc.greenpeace.org and call (202) 462-1177
• Help Our Wounded, opt-out here
• National Anti-Vivisection Society, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page, opt-out here navs@navs.org. Some of you may not know what a vivisection is. It is a the dissection of an animal while it is still alive. BTW that link on the the word vivisection is not for the weak of stomach.

Last but not least

St. Joseph’s Indian School, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page (not rated) BBB page. Opt-out here saintjosephs@stjo.org

I have read about the prize packages that St. Joseph’s mails out. This person received almost the same mailpiece.

This one includes:

• Dreamcatcher
• 2 pads of paper
• 2 calendars
• 2 sheets of mailing labels
• 1 sheet of stickers

They sent all this crap. Then have the gaul to ask for $5 to cover the cost of sending the dreamcatcher, that was made in China.

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US based scams

• Nature’s Wave, Pro Wave Energy System, Rife Model 101 Frequency Generator, dead website. Here is another company that sells the same thing. Royal Rife wiki page, QuackWatch page
• Sweepstakes Contests America Mark Sutton president. 1-877-411-3145 The website is SweepResults, here is the rules page
• Jeff Adams America’s #1 Real Estate Trainer, opt-out here support@jeffadams.com. She was a real estate agent for over 40 years. This type of mail does not surprise me.
• Dr. Andrew Ordon, Wiki page, Derm Exclusive, Beachbody LLC 3301 Exposition Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404. I used the live chat robot to try to opt-out. It was hell bent on stopping the email newsletter. I don’t know if it got the hint that I wanted physical mail to stop.
• GN-Info PO Box 520 Danville, NH 03819-0520 pyramid scheme
• Advanced Bionutritionals PO Box 8051 Norcross, GA 30091-8051 opt-out feedback@AdvancedBionutritionals.com.
• Infinity Pay 200 Quarterly Connection PO Box 468 Moffat, CO 81143. Run by Natalie Anderson. This is also a pyramid scheme

I get to go to step 2 with a Prohibitory Order!!

After all the variations of her name and multiple addresses, I finally get to go to step 2 with a Prohibitory Order. I wrote “I received this on DATE.” signed underneath, on both the mailpiece and the envelope. Photocopied my copy of the Prohibitory Order that the USPS me. I am sending it back to the NY office.

International scams, and by international I mean The Netherlands

• Postbus 67 6670 AB Zetten Netherlands
• Winner Club PO Box 20 NL-17115 ZG Spanbroek Netherlands
• IER PO Box 3139 NL-1620 GC Hoorn Netherlands
• Luxury Jewels Dr. Walter Barkley PO Box 1219 NL-3600 BE Maarssen Netherlands
• Bodenkamp & Haffner, Prof. Dr. Wiedemayer PO Box 8202 NL-3503 RE Utrecht Netherlands

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6 prepaid envelopes ready to go

5 scams going to New York.

Left Overs

Drowning in Junk Mail – This Week in Junk Mail 28 pieces

It was a short week, this week with Labor Day on Monday. And like me the junk mail also took a short vacation. Only 28 mailpieces this week. You can really tell who the most thirsty groups are in short weeks like this one.

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2 from random unrelated pieces of junk mail

• Christian Seniors Association sister organization to Traditional Values Coalition, Wiki page, Open Secrets page, opt-out here, also contact American Target Advertising to opt-out.
• U.S. Border Security Council, Is run by Sean Ferritor. Who also runs The Seniors Coalition, Source Watch page and In God We Trust. To opt-out contact The Delta Group  (703) 914-1266

2 from Base Connect:

• Southeastern Legal Foundation, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page, Source Watch page
• Freedom’s Defense Fund, run by Jerome Corsi,  Open Secrets page

2 from the GOP:

• Republican Congressional Committee opt-out here
• National Republican Senatorial Committee  Opt-out here

Thanks to Senate Conservatives Fund, Wiki page, Open Secrets page for the stickers. I put one in the pre-paid envelope for Republican Congressional Committee.

Random political junk mail:

•  The Seniors Center a program of Checks and Balances for Economic Growth, no website. Opt-out through Engage Direct Mail
• Judicial Watch, Wiki page, Source Watch page, Charity Navigator page opt-out here
• Capitol Watch, opt-out here
• Ted Cruz and Citizens Against Government Waste, Wiki page, Source Watch page, Charity Navigator page, Open Secrets page, Opt-out here membermgr@cagw.org
• Ryan Zinke for Congress, opt-out here INFO@RYANZINKE.COM
• Minuteman Project, Wiki page, opt-out here JimGilchrist@MinutemanProject.com. Mr. Gilchrist was featured on the Daily Show this week.
• Public Citizen, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page, Open Secrets page, opt-out here member@citizen.org
• Council for Retirement Security a program of Our Generation. Opt-out here
• National Committee Against the UN Takeover a project of America’s Survival inc. run by Cliff Kincaid, opt-out here
• David Bossie Citizens United, opt-out through HSP Direct
• State Department Watch, opt-out here sdw@statedepartmentwatch.org
• The American Conservative Union, Wiki page, Open Secrets page, Charity Navigator page, Opt-out here
• Conservative StrikeForce, Open Secrets page, Scott MacKenzie is their treasurer. New York Times on Mr. MacKenzie. Opt-out here info@conservativestrikeforce.com (I had to go to their Facebook page to find that) When I used PaperKarma to opt-out it was rejected with in seconds.  That only happens with the scams.
• American Policy Center, Opt out here admin@americanpolicy.org

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3 Charities:

• American Rivers, Charity Navigator page, opt-out here membership@americanrivers.org
• Prison Fellowship, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page, Opt-out here
• International Rescue Committee, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page, opt-out here DonorServices@Rescue.org

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5 Scams:

• Dr. Stephen Sinatra MD Cardiologist 95 Old Shoals rd Arden, NC 28704
• Physicians’ Mind & Memory Alert
• Health Today 30 Ryan CT STE 100 Monterey CA 93940
• Mike Caruana’s Lotto Magic PO Box 8175 Van Nuys CA 91499-4139. It is a MLM, Group lottery scam.
• North American Prize Compiling Associates PO Box 190 Old Westbury NY 11568. I have had trouble shaking these guys, between the 2 addresses (the other is PO Box 422 Old Bethpage NY 11804) and the multiple variations of her name that are floating around, this will be the 4th form 1500 I have sent out for this one scam.

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19 pre-paid envelopes ready to go out. Remember this is both this week and last week’s envelopes.

6 scams going to New York. This is also 2 week’s worth of scams. Those aren’t tears of joy at having so few mailpieces this week. It started to sprinkle during my photo shoot.

Left overs

Drowning in Junk Mail – This Week in Junk Mail 26 pieces

I can’t believe I guessed right!! Last week I guessed that I would get about 20 pieces and I got 26! I will call that a win.

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2 from Response Unlimited

• Freedom Watch, run by Larry Klayman. Wiki page.
• United States Justice Foundation. Charity Navigator page 2 stars. Source Watch page.

2 from National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. Wiki page, Open Secrets page. Opt-out page: Mail Preference Center Request Form

3 in the political mash-up pile

• Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee opt-out here info@dscc.org
• National Republican Senatorial Committee  Opt-out here

One of the National Republican Senatorial Committee mailpieces included a survey. I love filling out surveys.

They want to know what my highest priority issues are. So I let them know.

• Council for Retirement Security a project of Our Generation. Opt-out here
• Hillsdale Collage
• Abraham Lincoln Foundation for Public Policy Research, No information found
• Freedom Alliance opt-out here info@freedomalliance.org
• Remember America’s Heritage, no information available, has the same PO Box (Po Box 7066, Fredericksburg, VA 22404) as Religious Freedom Coalition and Government Is Not God-Pac
• Alliance for Retired Americans opt-out here
• Citizens United
• American Civil Rights Union, Wiki page Source Watch page Charity Navigator page. Opt-out here info@theacru.org
• Alliance Defending Freedom, Wiki page Source Watch page Charity Navigator page.Opt-out here.
• American Conservative Union Wiki page Open Secrets page Opt-out here

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5 Charities

• National Audubon Society Wiki page, Charity Navigator page Opt-out here
• Cheyenne River Indian Outreach Programs of the Sacred Heart Center, Charity Navigator page
• International Rescue Committee, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page. Opt-out here DonorServices@Rescue.org.
• The Jane Goodall Institute, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page, Opt-out here
• Handicap International, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page, Opt-out here info@handicap-international.us

Cheyenne River Indian Outreach Programs of the Sacred Heart Center‘s package included this stylish tote bag. I will be sure to use it when I walk over to the post office to drop off my mail.

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4 Scams

National Magazine Exchange 8285 Bryan Dairy rd, Suite 150 Largo, FL 33777 is getting a form 1500.

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6 pre-paid envelopes ready to go

The loan letter going to New York

Here are the leftovers.

I should plateau in the 20’s for a while. I am getting down to groups that I contacted all the way back in April, but was ignored.

I also found DirectMail.com’s National Do Not Mail List opt-out page. I don’t know who their clients are. But at this point, any opt-out list is a good opt-out list.

Drowning in Junk Mail – This week in Junk Mail, 44 pieces

Only 44? Could this be because of the holiday? Or is this the new normal? We will find out next week. But for now I will enjoy a sub 50 pieces of junk mail week.

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Everyone loves the 2 in 1 day club. They are so worried that I won’t send them money that they send 2 at a time.

• Faith and Freedom Coalition  Wiki page, Source Watch page
• Citizens United
• Judicial Watch, Wiki page, Charity Navigator page
• Traditional Values Coalition, Wiki page, Open Secrets page
• Christian Seniors Association, sister group to Traditional Values Coalition

7 from Response Unlimited including:

• This group does not use RU. I made a mistake. Christian Seniors Association sister organization to Traditional Values Coalition, Wiki page, Open Secrets page, opt-out here, also contact American Target Advertising to opt-out.
• 2 from Traditional Values Coalition, Wiki page, Open Secrets page
• 1 from Liberty Tree Alliance

3 From Citizens United

2 border watch groups

• Jim Gilchrist’s Minuteman Project, Wiki page, Source Watch
• U.S.  Border Security Council, Is run by Sean Ferritor. Who also runs The Seniors Coalition, Source Watch page and In God We Trust. Opt-out using The Delta Group  (703) 914-1266

The second best mash-up of the week was the 3 civil rights groups that I wrote a blog post about

Mash-up of the week has to go to these two mailpieces. One from George H. W. Bush for Republican National Committee and one from Bill Clinton for Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. I have said it before and I will say it again: No one should be getting both of these mailpieces ever, let alone in the same week.

8 Giant envelops including:

• Faith and Freedom Coalition  Wiki page, Source Watch page
• Freedom Alliance, Charity Navigator page
• Ryan K. Zinke, Wiki page, Ballotpedia page. Dam it he made it past the primary in Montana. That means that I could be getting mail from him until November.
• Catholic Vote, Wiki page, Open Secrets page
• Jesse Helms Center,  Wiki page
• Our Generation

Here is the rest of the political junk mail. Normally I don’t take photos of the single mailpieces because it would overflow the poor table on my porch. But this week there is a reasonable amount.

• National Committee Against U.N. Takeover, run by Cliff Kincaid who works for Accuracy in Media (AIM).
• Veterans Victory Fund, No website, in fact the first page is all links like: Open Secrets page. Not a good sign.
• American Policy Center, Source Watch page
•  The Senior Citizens League, an affiliate of The Retired Enlisted Association(TREA) Wiki page, Open Secrets page. They have a Memorial Foundation, Charity Navigator gives it 0 stars. Opt out here
• Jim Ryun’s Madison Project A nice little piece about how they spend their money. Opt out daniel@madisonproject.com
• Young America’s Foundation, Wiki page, Source Watch page, Charity Navigator page. Opt out here
• Secure America Now, It was founded by pollsters John McLaughlin and Pat Caddell, Right Web page.
• National Tax Limitation Committee, Ballotpedia, Source Watch page, Open Secrets page, Opt-out here
• United American Patriots, only 18% of money raised goes to Vets.

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4 charities

• Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, Charity Navigator page, 0 stars
• Disabled Police Officers of America, Charity Navigator page, 0 stars
• Food for the Poor inc, Charity Navigator page 3 stars
• ASPCA, Charity Navigator page 3 stars

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Random ad of the week is Angels on Earth magazine. It is all inspirational stories involving angels

They even sent a personalized prayer card.

May God grant you always… No more junk mail

Thanks guys! How did you know that is what I pray for every day?

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Only 3 scams this week

• The Breast Cancer Project a fake charity/sweepstakes. I have found their direct marketer Specialized Fundraising. To opt out pick someone from the List Management team to write an email to. They will be getting a post all to themselves later this week.
• The Douglas Report
• Advanced Bionutritionals

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I am kicking my envelope stuffing up a notch this week. I bought some glitter and sprinkled a little in each prepaid envelope.

25 envelopes stuffed, sprinkled with glitter, sealed with duct tape, and bar codes blacked out. Remember that I combined last week’s prepaid envelopes with this week because of the holiday.

Only 4 form 1500’s this week. Like the prepaid envelopes I combined this week with last week.

Here are the left overs.

My junk mail project is almost done. Do you need help stopping junk mail? Do you have photos of junk mail you want to share? The comments are open or darthjenni at gmail dot com.

Drowning in Junk Mail – This Week in Junk Mail 30 Pieces

I didn’t think that I was going to write an entry this week. I had no junk mail from May 9th to May 17th. It was the 8 best days I have had in 2 months. No giant stacks of mail in my arms, as I trugged back to the house from the mail box. No paper cuts, or getting stabbed by my letter opener. It was wonderful.

Then on Saturday the mail man dropped 30 pieces of mail on me. I consider this a victory. I was expecting the mail to get better the week of May 19th. The fact that it got better a week early is great.

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The best pairing of the week was definitely Rand Paul and Al Franken.

As if you needed more prof that this lady’s mail is very messed up. No one should be getting mail from both these people at the same time. And yet here we are.

As for the rest of the political junk mail, take a look:

• Awww, the FRC is reduced to 1 piece. How the mighty have fallen. Opt-out here: FedofRespCitizen@aol.com.
• The National Senior Citizen Committee, opt out here info@nscc-online.org.
• Americans for One Language a program of the American Service Council, inc, opt out here  office@americanservicecouncil.com. Or better yet opt out form their direct marketing firm Response Unlimited
• Frontiers of Freedom,  opt out here info@ff.org.
• The Senior Citizen Association of America a special project of The National Senior Citizen Committee, opt-out here info@nscc-online.org
• Council for Retirement Security project of Our Generation, opt out here.
• Special Operations for America, Open Secrets page, opt out here contact@soforamerica.org.
• Southeastern Legal Foundation, opt out here jayers@southeasternlegal.org.

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Only 5 charities this week

• Planned Parenthood, no email listed on website.
• Foundation for Catholic Action, opt out here http://foundationforcatholicaction.org/contact-us/.
• Pride Rock Wildlife Refuge, opt out here caholliman@gmail.com.
• Pray in Jesus’ Name Ministries, opt out here chaplaingate@yahoo.com.
• Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust, Charity Navigator page. Unrated because they don’t rate land trusts. Humane Society of the United States, Charity Navigator page, they get 3 stars. Opt out here donorcare@humanesociety.org

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We have a new winner for most junk mail in one week. It was a hard fought battle, there being only one day of competition and all.

3 from Diversified Marketing Group, I knew they had it in them. Opt out here info@divmarketgroup.com.
Update: Don’t bother with the e-mail it won’t work. Instead fill out a form 1500 to make them stop.

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On the international scam seen we have all our favorites from the Netherlands

The one from Zetten came by way of  China, PO Box 1000102 Beijing

On the US scam front

Topeka KS and St. Louis MO continue to send the most stuff.

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Only Planned Parenthood had a pre-paid envelope. But I had 3 hits on duplicate scams from the US. I only send out from 1500’s if they send me 2 or more. I then keep the duplicate return envelope as my record.