Would They Put Their Own Mom or Grandma On Their Direct Mail Lists?
In trying to get my 90-year-old mother-in-law (with dementia) off the mass mailings (wrote to 101 so far to be removed), my research turned up things other Caregivers can use to reduce the direct mail solicitations that suck the time and money out of our elders’ lives:
1) That one set of companies drives a large portion of her direct mailings that she’s been sending money to: Agora is sending two pricey financial newsletters, one “The Douglass Report,” the other, “The Stansberry & Associates Resource Report” from the same Post Office Box 969 Frederick, MD as of Jan-Aug 2012.
Subscribers should also be aware of Stansberry’s 2007 SEC Fraud conviction listed in this news article about the 2007 SEC Fraud Lawsuit: http://briandeer.com/vaxgen/stansberry-fraud.htm
2) The Stansberry & Associates newsletter seems to have similar content as the Douglass Report, and Agora is listed as associated to many other direct-mail efforts directed at seniors, who probably don’t realize solicitations are coming from the same parent company, under different company names.
{12 of 101 notifications sent (this month) to stop direct mail for her were associated to Agora or Stansberry companies]
3) Agora and Stansberry are –not- accredited by the Better Business Bureau, but BBB lists the many, many Alternate Business Names they solicit under: http://www.bbb.org/greater-maryland/business-reviews/publishers-periodical/agora-in-baltimore-md-211
4) That the Direct Marketing Association, biggest driver of bulk mail lists, DOES offer a service to opt out to Caregivers, and to remove Deceased loved ones:
5) That an outfit calling itself a “National Do-Not Mail List” does try to help opt-out.
6) That Paralyzed Veterans of America has a very low rating among charities.
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7) That Helping Hospitalized Veterans is rated as low as they can be rated:
8) That two financial newsletters (around $300 each), the “Jim Powell’s Global Changes and Opportunities Report,” and from Henry Madison the “Richard J. Maybury Early Warning Report” come from nearly identical Phoenix AZ post office boxes.
Two other people who are doing what they can to address this problem:
Sunshine for Seniors:
Can we get this information published in the AARP Magazine? I am willing and able to write the article.
Please pass this along, and add your own tips that help reduce the burden on our elders.
Fraud victims can call INFOLINK at the National Center for Victims of Crime Resource Center 800-394-2255.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was responsive to another of my inquiries. It’s the Federal Trade Commission that really has the teeth to bite the asses of such predators.