Isn't it a Federal crime to open mail that is not addressed to you with your
name on it?

<virgmob007@netscape.net> wrote in message
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On Feb 29, 4:50 pm, "thegoons" <thego...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> Why didn't you ring the landline and see who the fuck answered?
>
> You want this to go on and on don't you?
>
> Involving solictors and the likes for a non-issue.

No, Telstra obviously had cancelled the account a fair time ago, and
was seeking payment. I only started to open the letters after
Creditech was involved. The lesson here is that if anyone is in the
same situation is not to do anything (or go to the trouble of RTSing),
I suppose -- although it is all rather legally dicey, as there is no
ethics in business!

>
> <virgmob...@netscape.net> wrote in message
>
> news:a1110751-b8eb-41fc-beb2-95bd02d974e0@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 22, 9:38 pm, Paul Day <pa...@enigma.id.au> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:04:45 virgmob...@netscape.net may have written:>
> > If
> > other people think they have their Telstra troubles, then they will
> > > be interested in my problem. What Telstra did was allow someone to
> > > set up an apparently fixed telephone account, and have the bill sent
> > > to my personal address. At first I did not open the Telstra
>
> > <snip>
>
> > It sounds like you're caring more than you need to. If the name on the
> > envelope isn't yours, you shouldn't be openning it, let alone wasting
> > your time caring about it. Debt is owned by a person, not by an address.
> > Just keep RTSing them
>
> My solicitor advised me to do absolutely nothing about it (i.e.throw
> the letters in the bin), and if Telstra's agents were stupid enough to
> somehow involve me in legal proceedings then they would pay a
> financial penalty. I was more wary about the matter, as, for one
> thing, I did not know what the financial consequences legally would be
> for myself, so I thought it best to try to reason with the Beast
> (i.e., Telstra's agents). For about a month now I have heard
> nothing from Dun & Bradstreet, so they finally must have got the
> message from my solicitor.
>
> The thing is, moreover, that I have received correspondence for the
> same person at my address as was involved with the Telstra scam, from
> another company, so it is someone deliberately targeting myself. If
> it is the person I think, then he is very legally cunning (and is
> regarded as a vexatious litigant by the legal fraternity), so there is
> bound to be some method in his madness. Perhaps it is the case that
> in relation to my opening of the letters is where he hopes to trap me
> legally, assuming there is some penalty involving opening letters
> posted to your address meant for another person. The sensible thing
> therefore to do was to follow my solicitor's original advice.
>
>
>
> > Now if Telstra somehow managed to terminate _your_ service with them
> > because of it, I'd be kicking up a stink.
>
> > I do agree re: openning an account with an incorrect address. Don't
> > Telstra need two pieces of ID, one showing (what is likely to be) your
> > current address (eg, recent bill from another utility, current driver's
> > license), before you can open a telephone account?
>
> > PD
>
> > --
> > Paul Day
>
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