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The average American home receives the equivalent of one-and-a-half trees in their mailboxes every year, in the form of unsolicited mail. Nationwide, that adds up to more than 100 million trees and more than 28 billion gallons of water consumed to produce one year’s worth of junk mail. Here are a few simple things you can do to stop receiving junk mail such as credit card, loan and other unsolicited items. First, visit www.StopJunkMail.org or call (877) STOPWASTE (786-7929) to request a free stop Stop Junk Mail kit. The kit shows how to get off junk mailing lists and keep new junk mail from finding its way to your mailbox. The kit also provides important information on how to ensure that your name and address don't get traded, rented or sold to companies who might send you unwanted mail. 
The Stop Junk Mail kit outlines five things you can do to stop junk mail: Fill out and mail two preprinted postcards included in the kit (addressed to the top two mailing houses) requesting them to take your name off their mailing list. Tell companies you are currently doing business with no to sell your name. Call the four top credit card, computer disk, sweepstakes and shopping flyer companies (phone numbers are provided with the kit) and request to be taken off their mailing list. Use the included sample letter to send to catalog companies to request your name to be taken off their mailing list. Write “Do Not Sell My Name” on the bottom of donation checks and mail orders.
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12/03/2005: United States Postal Service - Identity theft is America's fastest-growing crime. Last year alone, more than 9.9 million Americans were victims of identity theft, a crime that cost them roughly $5 billion. |
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