MrGovernator
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they keep sending me letters for applying credit cards 
. you got any idea how i can stop them?
. you got any idea how i can stop them?
How to stop them?
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spazntwitch
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This is all stuff I've collected over the past few years. There are so many databases out there on us. The list is long, but well worth your effort and time to write. I've included a template at the end of the document. Be sure to change your personal information as needed.
www.donotcall.gov
Mail Preference Service
c/o Direct Marketing Association
PO Box 9008
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008
Telephone Preference Service
c/o Direct Marketing Association
PO Box 9014
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9014
The three major credit bureaus have ways to opt out of offers and prevent your personal information from being shared. Write to:
* Equifax, Options Division, PO Box 740123, Atlanta, GA 30374-0123
* Experian, Consumer Opt Out, 701 Experian Parkway, Allen, TX 75013
* TransUnion, Marketing List Opt Out, PO Box 97328, Jackson, MS 39288-7328
When your identification is stolen, place a fraud alert on your file by calling:
* Equifax: (800) 525-6285
* Experian: (800) 301-7195
* TransUnion: (800) 680-7289
* Social Security Administration: (800) 269-0271
To opt out of junk mail and telemarketing calls, write the appropriate list and include your name (including any variations of your name from mailings you have received), address, and social security number:
The Direct Marketing Association (The DMA) is a trade association of businesses who advertise their products and services directly to consumers by mail, telephone, magazine, Internet, radio or television.
http://www.dmaconsumers.org/
or http://www.the-dma.org/consumers/
* Mail Preference Service, c/o Direct Marketing Association, PO Box 9008, Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008
http://www.the-dma.org/cgi/offmailinglistdave ($5 fee)
* Telephone Preference, c/o Direct Marketing Association, PO Box 9014, Farmingdale, NY 11735-9014
http://www.the-dma.org/cgi/offtelephonedave ($5 fee)
* E-mail Preference Service,
http://www.e-mps.org/
Not all companies participate in the DMA program. You’ll have to contact some directly. Always do so in writing
To opt out of preapproved credit-card offers, call (888) 567-8688. Choose option 3 to opt out permanently. When permanently removing your name, the credit bureaus will send you additional forms to sign for their records.
Product Registrations
When you fill out those product registration cards that come with new purchases, you may be providing information about yourself and your lifestyle that can be added to lists and sold. Your receipt will generally serve in the event of any warranty service you may need. Write and ask to be removed from the mailing list of:
National Demographics and Lifestyles
List Order Department
1621 18th St., Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
Prize Registrations
When you register for prizes, sweepstakes or other giveaways, you can bet your name and address will go on lists to be used for marketing. If you do sign up, check the “opt out” box (if there is one) so you name won’t be included on any lists. Get your name removed from major sweepstakes mailers by writing:
Publisher’s Clearinghouse
101 Channel Drive
Port Washington, NY 10050
Reader’s Digest
Reader’s Digest Road
Pleasantville, NY 10570
American Family Publishers
P.O. Box 6200
Tampa, FL 33662
Telephone Books & Reverse Directories
Information listed in the telephone book is available to anyone. Mailing list companies compile information from these “public” records and sell it. If you’re listed in the White Pages, with your name, address and phone number, you’re also listed in the telephone company’s “reverse directories.” To lessen the chance of getting on lists created from this source:
• List only your phone number in your local directory.
• Tell your phone company to remove your listing from its “street address directory.”
Also write to the following major directory companies and tell them to remove your name:
Haines & Co.
Criss-Cross Directory
Attn: Director of Data Processing
8050 Freedom Avenue, NW
North Canton, OH 44720
(800) 843-8452
Write to Metromail Corp., Consumer Services, 901 West Bond, Lincoln, NE 68521 (1-800-228-4571, Ext. 4633). After 2-3 weeks you will probably receive a postcard saying ``Thank you for notifying us of your preference...'' even if you sent them a demand, not an expression of preference.
Write to Database America, Compilation Department, 470 Chestnut Ridge Rd, Woodcliff Lake NJ 07677-7604 (1-800-223-7777) They also offer an online opt-out service provided your telephone number is in their database. Many people have reported to us that the service hangs in space; if it seems to work for you please tell us. DBA's policy states they will remove names on request, but we have reports that in some instances DBA has failed to reply or replied asking consumers to contact the DMA. If their response to you is inadequate, please tell us.
Write to The Polk Company Attention: Opt-Out Coordinator, The Polk Company, 26955 Northwestern Highway, Southfield MI 48034-8455 (1-800-873-7655) After a few weeks you will probably receive a letter stating that they have ``responded to your request.'' Polk is privately held.
Write to Donnelly Marketing, Inc., Data Base Operations, PO Box 3502 Ames IA 50010-3502 (1-515-382-5441) After a few weeks you will probably receive a letter acknowledging your ``request'' and a booklet titled Direct Marketing: Opening the Door to Opportunity, published by the DMA. Donnelly was acquired in 1999 by InfoUSA (IUSA). (IUSA).
Write to Acxiom Corporation Attn: Opt-outs / Consumer Advocacy, PO Box 2000, Conway AR 72033-2000 (1-501-342-2722) They may send you another form to fill out. This unfairly burdens you, but no law stops them from making it difficult or impossible for you to stop them making money off your name.
Acxiom (ACXM) maintains a database about 175 million people in 110 million U.S. households, with hundreds of pieces of information available on each.
Write to Abacus Direct, PO Box 1478 Broomfield, CO 80038-1478 (1 800-518-4453 or 1 303-410-5294)
Abacus runs the world's largest ``co-op'' database, where about a thousand catalogers pool information on about 88 million consumers' buying behavior. Privacy advocates opposed its 1999 merger with DoubleClick (DCLK).
Write to American Business Information, Inc. Attn: Product Quality, PO Box 27347, Omaha NE 68127
LEXIS-NEXIS, (P.O. Box 933, Dayton OH 45401 phone 513 865-6800, fax 865-1555).
www.donotcall.gov
Mail Preference Service
c/o Direct Marketing Association
PO Box 9008
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008
Telephone Preference Service
c/o Direct Marketing Association
PO Box 9014
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9014
The three major credit bureaus have ways to opt out of offers and prevent your personal information from being shared. Write to:
* Equifax, Options Division, PO Box 740123, Atlanta, GA 30374-0123
* Experian, Consumer Opt Out, 701 Experian Parkway, Allen, TX 75013
* TransUnion, Marketing List Opt Out, PO Box 97328, Jackson, MS 39288-7328
When your identification is stolen, place a fraud alert on your file by calling:
* Equifax: (800) 525-6285
* Experian: (800) 301-7195
* TransUnion: (800) 680-7289
* Social Security Administration: (800) 269-0271
To opt out of junk mail and telemarketing calls, write the appropriate list and include your name (including any variations of your name from mailings you have received), address, and social security number:
The Direct Marketing Association (The DMA) is a trade association of businesses who advertise their products and services directly to consumers by mail, telephone, magazine, Internet, radio or television.
http://www.dmaconsumers.org/
or http://www.the-dma.org/consumers/
* Mail Preference Service, c/o Direct Marketing Association, PO Box 9008, Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008
http://www.the-dma.org/cgi/offmailinglistdave ($5 fee)
* Telephone Preference, c/o Direct Marketing Association, PO Box 9014, Farmingdale, NY 11735-9014
http://www.the-dma.org/cgi/offtelephonedave ($5 fee)
* E-mail Preference Service,
http://www.e-mps.org/
Not all companies participate in the DMA program. You’ll have to contact some directly. Always do so in writing
To opt out of preapproved credit-card offers, call (888) 567-8688. Choose option 3 to opt out permanently. When permanently removing your name, the credit bureaus will send you additional forms to sign for their records.
Product Registrations
When you fill out those product registration cards that come with new purchases, you may be providing information about yourself and your lifestyle that can be added to lists and sold. Your receipt will generally serve in the event of any warranty service you may need. Write and ask to be removed from the mailing list of:
National Demographics and Lifestyles
List Order Department
1621 18th St., Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
Prize Registrations
When you register for prizes, sweepstakes or other giveaways, you can bet your name and address will go on lists to be used for marketing. If you do sign up, check the “opt out” box (if there is one) so you name won’t be included on any lists. Get your name removed from major sweepstakes mailers by writing:
Publisher’s Clearinghouse
101 Channel Drive
Port Washington, NY 10050
Reader’s Digest
Reader’s Digest Road
Pleasantville, NY 10570
American Family Publishers
P.O. Box 6200
Tampa, FL 33662
Telephone Books & Reverse Directories
Information listed in the telephone book is available to anyone. Mailing list companies compile information from these “public” records and sell it. If you’re listed in the White Pages, with your name, address and phone number, you’re also listed in the telephone company’s “reverse directories.” To lessen the chance of getting on lists created from this source:
• List only your phone number in your local directory.
• Tell your phone company to remove your listing from its “street address directory.”
Also write to the following major directory companies and tell them to remove your name:
Haines & Co.
Criss-Cross Directory
Attn: Director of Data Processing
8050 Freedom Avenue, NW
North Canton, OH 44720
(800) 843-8452
Write to Metromail Corp., Consumer Services, 901 West Bond, Lincoln, NE 68521 (1-800-228-4571, Ext. 4633). After 2-3 weeks you will probably receive a postcard saying ``Thank you for notifying us of your preference...'' even if you sent them a demand, not an expression of preference.
Write to Database America, Compilation Department, 470 Chestnut Ridge Rd, Woodcliff Lake NJ 07677-7604 (1-800-223-7777) They also offer an online opt-out service provided your telephone number is in their database. Many people have reported to us that the service hangs in space; if it seems to work for you please tell us. DBA's policy states they will remove names on request, but we have reports that in some instances DBA has failed to reply or replied asking consumers to contact the DMA. If their response to you is inadequate, please tell us.
Write to The Polk Company Attention: Opt-Out Coordinator, The Polk Company, 26955 Northwestern Highway, Southfield MI 48034-8455 (1-800-873-7655) After a few weeks you will probably receive a letter stating that they have ``responded to your request.'' Polk is privately held.
Write to Donnelly Marketing, Inc., Data Base Operations, PO Box 3502 Ames IA 50010-3502 (1-515-382-5441) After a few weeks you will probably receive a letter acknowledging your ``request'' and a booklet titled Direct Marketing: Opening the Door to Opportunity, published by the DMA. Donnelly was acquired in 1999 by InfoUSA (IUSA). (IUSA).
Write to Acxiom Corporation Attn: Opt-outs / Consumer Advocacy, PO Box 2000, Conway AR 72033-2000 (1-501-342-2722) They may send you another form to fill out. This unfairly burdens you, but no law stops them from making it difficult or impossible for you to stop them making money off your name.
Acxiom (ACXM) maintains a database about 175 million people in 110 million U.S. households, with hundreds of pieces of information available on each.
Write to Abacus Direct, PO Box 1478 Broomfield, CO 80038-1478 (1 800-518-4453 or 1 303-410-5294)
Abacus runs the world's largest ``co-op'' database, where about a thousand catalogers pool information on about 88 million consumers' buying behavior. Privacy advocates opposed its 1999 merger with DoubleClick (DCLK).
Write to American Business Information, Inc. Attn: Product Quality, PO Box 27347, Omaha NE 68127
LEXIS-NEXIS, (P.O. Box 933, Dayton OH 45401 phone 513 865-6800, fax 865-1555).
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spazntwitch said:
You've collected alot of information. Thanks for posting all that. I may have to use a little of that information myself. :claps:
spazntwitch
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No, SSN isn't necessary on all of those. For the most part, I don't include it other than to the credit bureaus. I just left it in the example.He3x said:
At one point and time, I wanted to make this a mail-merge project and give it to all of my friends so they could simply enter their personal information once, and let Word print out the rest. I just never got around to it.