Posted by Maynerd on January 5, 2006, at 0:47:25
In reply to This is making me paranoid, posted by Racer on January 4, 2006, at 23:36:12
I have heard about things like this and have actually known a few people who had it happen. One of the people who did it to my friend was spun out of his mind on crystal meth and so was having serious schizophrenic thinking going on in his head. They asked him why later and he said at the time he swore that my friend had done something wrong to him and so deserved it; sober the person realized that he had in fact wronged himself through using those drugs.
Online it is easier to trace things back to the originator, mail is quite a bit harder due to postal regs. Was there a postmark on the returned postcard? If so you will be able to ascertain the mailing zipcode at least, which may narrow it down for you if you live in an area with multiple zips. That it was written in block letters suggests that the person who did it probably feels close enough to you that they feared their handwriting would be recognized.
IF it weren't for the post card I would say your name had somehow found itself on a distribution list. These things are rally a pain, all it takes sometimes is for you to give your name and address once when purchasing something, or for some local company to sell its customer list to one of them.
The main thing is to not panic or let this take control of your thoughts. Make sure that all your financial business is all the way it should be AND that noone has set up any other credit cards in your name at another addy (usually a PO box). Sometimes it can be beneficial to simply go around the people whom you suspect and bring up the subject and mention how you felt compelled to call the police. My friend did that and added that the police had decided to get the FBI involved as it was considered mail fraud. Yes he lied completely, but the guilty person was so freaked out that his reaction gave him away. Hopefully you might get some definitive resonse like that also.
Good luck
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