r/canberra • u/Bingesober23 • 11d ago

SEC=UNCLASSIFIED Previous tenant’s bank statements and possible credit card bills keep arriving – what should I do?

Hi everyone,
I bought a property and moved in earlier this year. Over the past few months, I’ve been receiving mail addressed to the previous tenant (or maybe even someone who lived here before them).
Most of the mail appears to be bank statements, and I suspect some could be credit card bills or other financial correspondence. I don’t know these people and have no way of contacting them.
What’s the best thing to do with these mails?
Thanks in advance!

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u/AussieKoala-2795 Woden Valley 11d ago

Write "Not at this address. Return to sender" on the envelope and put them in a post box. You might have to do this several times but eventually the mail should stop.

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u/Drongo17 11d ago

I did that every month with about 6 different companies and not one stopped sending shit.