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Bank card meant for a stanger in my mailbox?

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:29 pm
by PoodlesAgain
We get our real mail at our P O box.

A week ago, a piece of mail apparently containing a bank card came to our street address, addressee unknown to us.

Likely googled name lives near Tampa, FL, bank is near Daytona (I skip city names here).

Should I worry?
Simply return to P O as wrong address?

Only thing I can think of is weird neighbours who have ties to FL - as a matter of fact, they should move there... ;-)

Re: Bank card meant for a stanger in my mailbox?

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:46 pm
by mickey
Call the number on the back of the card and discuss it with those folks, that is their job.
They will kill the card & contact the person it should have gone to.

That happened to my sister once, she lives in Jawja but the card was sent to an address in Pennsylvania.

Re: Bank card meant for a stanger in my mailbox?

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 1:13 pm
by PoodlesAgain
I did not open the mail, but could feel the card through the paper.

Spouse just took it back to PO as unknown.

Re: Bank card meant for a stanger in my mailbox?

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 2:19 pm
by BatUtilityBelt
Returning it to the PO was the right choice. Whether misdelivered or not, it is illegal to open someone else's mail without their permission.

Re: Bank card meant for a stanger in my mailbox?

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 3:01 pm
by PoodlesAgain
i took a picture of the (outside of) the envelope, just in case something weird comes up.

Note that I also have been pestering spouse to get a credit report for a while now - she did last year, and request bounced on account of an old address, and gave up. I think having an unknown bank card come in may have her rethink.