Junk Mail

[Foxglove]

We are still regularly in receipt of junk mail which is addressed to the previous owner of our house. He was an elderly gentleman who died 4 years ago. How can we put a stop to this? 

[secretspirit]

Have your returned to sender with 'deceased' or 'no longer at this address' marked on the envelope? The other way is to find the address for the Mail Preference Service and register him on it, as morbid as that sounds, to say that he doesn't wish to receive junk mail. Or you could open the mail and phone the companies pretending to be an irate and distressed family member who doesn't want any more mail sent to him!

[BillyNoMates]

The MPS will only stop new junk mail. It won't stop or remove a name or address from a list which a company already has.

Definitely worth registering though and you can register the previous occupant.

[stevie21]

Anyone that sends you junk mail has a legal obligation to allow you to easily opt out. If you really want to, speak to them and ask that you (or he) is removed from their junk mail list and that they don't sell these details to others.

I'd try this if putting the mail back in the postbox with "return to sender" doesn't work.