2. Contact Common Sources of Junk Mail
Contact the following businesses to request your name be taken off their lists:
Credit card offers
- Equifax / Trans Union / Novus / Experian
Phone: 888-567-8688
Sweepstakes
- Publisher’s Clearinghouse
Phone: 800-645-9242
- Reader’s Digest
Phone: 800-334-9599 or write to:
Reader’s Digest Sweepstakes Department
Reader’s Digest Road
Pleasantville, NY 10570
Shopping Flyers
- Valassis (formerly Advo):
Website or send a signed letter to:
P.O. Box 249
Windsor, CT 06095
- PennySaver / Potpourri:
Phone: 800-479-4795
Catalogs
- Abacus
Email or send full name and current address to:
P.O. Box 1478
Broomfield, CO 80038
3. Contact the Companies Directly
Call any contact number printed on the mailer or catalog and tell them you want to be taken off their list.
You can also write a simple letter stating that you want your name removed. It is easier for the organization to remove your name if they have the exact copy of your address label. Cut or peel off the address label and glue or tape the label to the bottom of your letter.
A sample letter that you can cut and paste is available
online.
4. Buying Over the Phone or Online
When you buy from companies over the phone or online, make sure to let the company know:
“Do not sell my name!”
5. Checks & Mail Orders
Write on the bottom of checks and mail orders
“Do not sell my name!”
6. Don't Use the Post Office's Change of Address Cards
Don’t use Change of Address cards supplied by the Post Office. The Post Office provides the information from Change of Address cards to private businesses. This is how national list brokers, credit bureaus and others may get your name in the first place. Instead, send out your own postcards announcing your new address to those whose mail you want to receive. You can also ask the Post Office to hold your mail for pick-up until everyone knows your new address.