Hate letter in post
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My sister has received a distressing letter in the post this week and is now really nervous although the threats were not very specific - BIL works away during the week.
Strangely it was sent using a franking machine and I would have thought that was easily traceable?
Is this a report to R M issue?
Strangely it was sent using a franking machine and I would have thought that was easily traceable?
Is this a report to R M issue?
Willhire89 said:
My sister has received a distressing letter in the post this week and is now really nervous although the threats were not very specific - BIL works away during the week.
Strangely it was sent using a franking machine and I would have thought that was easily traceable?
Is this a report to R M issue?
I would imagine Royal Mail might have a complaints dept but you are gonna get the gdpr bullsStrangely it was sent using a franking machine and I would have thought that was easily traceable?
Is this a report to R M issue?
t that they cannot release info…they may be able to monitor that franking stamp.I would contact police.
The good news is that if someone was going to do something they would have done it, not written a letter.
Pjb2003 said:
If it's a genuine account number I may be able to find out for you on Monday. Was it addressed directly to your sister or do you think it could be some sort of scam letter that has been sent to others?
Thanks - it was addressed specifically to my sisters' house and it contained a newspaper advert cutting with a Post-it type note attached with a threat The ad was a generic one for a funeral service
voyds9 said:
Just pay the TV licence and be done with it
From this : "My sister has received a distressing letter in the post this week and is now really nervous although the threats were not very specific" I was thinking it was more likely to be the latest quarterly bill from British Gas.
Yes franking machines are monitored at source. We have one at work at we get instant updates on credit, fees, pricing etc. There will be an account number on there. BTW GDPR won't come into play as that's to do with people, youre finding out about the company it's associated to. Also GDPR doesn't come into play when you're defending your legal rights.
Willhire89 said:
My sister has received a distressing letter in the post this week and is now really nervous although the threats were not very specific - BIL works away during the week.
Strangely it was sent using a franking machine and I would have thought that was easily traceable?
Is this a report to R M issue?
OP does your sister have any suspicions who may have sent it?Strangely it was sent using a franking machine and I would have thought that was easily traceable?
Is this a report to R M issue?
pocketspring said:
Yes franking machines are monitored at source. We have one at work at we get instant updates on credit, fees, pricing etc. There will be an account number on there. BTW GDPR won't come into play as that's to do with people, youre finding out about the company it's associated to. Also GDPR doesn't come into play when you're defending your legal rights.
I think that you are missing the gdpr point, if you phone up Royal Mail asking who that franking account belongs to they will quote gdpr ‘ data protection whether they are right or wrong…companies are scared to death of it.Caddyshack said:
pocketspring said:
Yes franking machines are monitored at source. We have one at work at we get instant updates on credit, fees, pricing etc. There will be an account number on there. BTW GDPR won't come into play as that's to do with people, youre finding out about the company it's associated to. Also GDPR doesn't come into play when you're defending your legal rights.
I think that you are missing the gdpr point, if you phone up Royal Mail asking who that franking account belongs to they will quote gdpr ‘ data protection whether they are right or wrong…companies are scared to death of it.Thank you to everyone for their input
My sister was looking for some reassurance; the reality is we do not know the source and I downplayed it and advised her to just throw it away and think no more about it - I suspect she won't.
I wonder just how much bandwidth the Police would want or be able to apply to this and have not suggested she take that route mainly because it would heighten her concerns that I see it as serious and she would then get more stressed.
If the barcode was something a post office or postie could readily scan for the source account could give me something more tangible to report and was the reason I took a picture of it, If, as Dougie states, it is a pre-paid envelope then it's irrelevant
My sister was looking for some reassurance; the reality is we do not know the source and I downplayed it and advised her to just throw it away and think no more about it - I suspect she won't.
I wonder just how much bandwidth the Police would want or be able to apply to this and have not suggested she take that route mainly because it would heighten her concerns that I see it as serious and she would then get more stressed.
If the barcode was something a post office or postie could readily scan for the source account could give me something more tangible to report and was the reason I took a picture of it, If, as Dougie states, it is a pre-paid envelope then it's irrelevant
Willhire89 said:
Thank you to everyone for their input
My sister was looking for some reassurance; the reality is we do not know the source and I downplayed it and advised her to just throw it away and think no more about it - I suspect she won't.
I wonder just how much bandwidth the Police would want or be able to apply to this and have not suggested she take that route mainly because it would heighten her concerns that I see it as serious and she would then get more stressed.
If the barcode was something a post office or postie could readily scan for the source account could give me something more tangible to report and was the reason I took a picture of it, If, as Dougie states, it is a pre-paid envelope then it's irrelevant
Don’t bin it, even if she chooses not to report it. My sister was looking for some reassurance; the reality is we do not know the source and I downplayed it and advised her to just throw it away and think no more about it - I suspect she won't.
I wonder just how much bandwidth the Police would want or be able to apply to this and have not suggested she take that route mainly because it would heighten her concerns that I see it as serious and she would then get more stressed.
If the barcode was something a post office or postie could readily scan for the source account could give me something more tangible to report and was the reason I took a picture of it, If, as Dougie states, it is a pre-paid envelope then it's irrelevant
Keep it somewhere safe, IF things escalate it could be useful to have.
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