Should Banks disclose how many accounts are attached to your address?

Question

I recently received a change of address notice sent to my house that had nothing to do with anyone who lived in the house. I called to find out what was the deal and they told me from the corporate office that they are not able to disclose such information. They can not tell me if someone else is listing my house as their residence in their banks. They had no good reason why not. Thieves and con artists have to right to privacy so why not tell me that no one else is using my address on their account. I know it is possible to look this up from their computer. What is worse, it is possible to phish it from other people's computers and creditors do it quite frequently. Imagine one day you get a creditor or a policeman calling you up or at your door looking for the person using your address as his/her own. How funny would that be? Somebody tries to get a lien against your property how would you like that one? Tell me, what do think? What do you know? What if anything should be done about this? It looks to me like a huge opening to scam and cause trouble.

Answer 1

h**l no! I don't want someone to be able to access my banking records . . . how about disclosing your info to me? Doesn't sound like so good of an idea when the shoes on the other foot does it? First of all, take the envelope to the post office and make them aware that the person does not reside at your residence. Now I know that being the law abiding citizen that you are . . . you didn't open the envelope, because you are aware that tampering with the federal mail is a felony, Right? Next, unless that person's name is on the deed to your house there is no way possible for a lein to be put on your house in their name. Your making a mountain out of a mole hill . . . Should you receive any further correspondence for that individual, simply write on the envelope "does not reside at this address" and put it in a mail box. The post office will return it to the originator and they will quit sending letters for that person to your address. How long have you lived there? After four years, I still get junk mail for the guy that lived here before me. If there were a scam involved, the caper would be well known by now, because all of what you feel has been done to you has been possible since the postal service has existed.