Shocking Facts

Scam mail is now a serious and endemic problem that causes financial and mental devastation to millions of silent victims of fraud- Royal Mail posties are delivering 100+ scam letters a day to victims whose details are on "suckers" lists. Sorting offices have made pigeon holes bigger to accommodate some pensioner's scam mail!!!

£millions is made by those who handle, deliver and advertise for criminals!

 Years ago a survey conducted by Barclay's and Help the Aged revealed that there are thousands of victims like Jessica yet the problem has still not been addressed and has continued to escalate.. Read Your Stories to see how confused and worried victims are taking out bank loans to pay criminal gangs & are making regular Money Gram and Western Union money transfers to criminals abroad!

Please forward the link to our website to your contacts, contact your local MP and do whatever you can to help us stop criminals having an easy and assisted passage into the homes, minds and bank accounts of our most vulnerable!

This is just some of the scam mail removed from Jessica's home. It was sent by criminals from all over the world including; The Netherlands, Las Vegas, Hong Kong, Switzerland, USA, Singapore, Canada and Australia.

For years this pensioner has been responding to scam mail and buying goods from criminals who tricked her into believing she was one order away from her  ”guaranteed” prize. Criminals claiming to be clairvoyants “blackmailed” her into sending them ”protection” money. She has no family.

The daughter of the victim who lives here is called Kathy; you can read her story on the "Your Stories" page.

Her mother has sold her home and sent the proceeds to scams. She is now living in sheltered accommodation. After years of constant arguments with her mother and unable to find any agency, organisation or age related charity who will help. Kathy has decided that she can do no more.

This add is placed in magazines including "Chat" & "Yours" it does not ask for cash. Anyone responding will get spin off letters from a so called world famous physic "Karina Natalia" who claims she is going to Lourdes to prey.Victims are then asked for all their personal details including names of grandchildren and pets.These details go on "suckers" lists and are sold to criminals worldwide. This scam has been reported to the ASA as far back as 2003. It continues to thrive and still uses the same mailing address on the Kings Road. The mail is forwarded to the scammers who are based abroad. 

Lieselotte Gerrard (84) commited suicide after ending up almost penniless chasing an international lottery scam. She was found dead at her flat in Bedford on January 15th 2010 after taking an overdose of pills. Mrs Gerrards stepson, Barry, tried to persuade her to give up the scams, but the pair fell out in June last year and did not speak again after that.

Det Sgt Baron said "Lieselotte wasted a huge amount of money chasing the lottery wins, that were never going to happen"

 This photograph was sent to us by the son of a lady in her nineties. He tells us” this is some of the criminal mail my mother has received; for years I have been trying to gain power of attorney and redirect her mail, my mother has refused to co-operate... the family has been torn apart!"

 A sample of the kind of mental cruelty scammers inflict on their prey. This is an extract from a scam letter sent by a criminal using the name “Samantha" & claiming to be a clairvoyant.

Millions of clairvoyant scam letters are being sent into the UK  from all over the world, the vast majority have pre-addressed envelopes inside sending the victim’s cash to mailing addresses in the Netherlands (it can be forwarded from  there by distributors to another part of the world) Scammers  glean telephone numbers and then make threatening predictions over the phone. The caller swears the victims to secrecy.

Jessica’s scribbled this note out of fear.

It was found by her daughter after her death. Criminals would ring her late at night when they knew she would be alone. Chronic victims become trapped in a delusional world created by scam mail. They refuse to co-operate and give the impression that they are in control of their own thoughts and actions.

The form of “brainwashing” that scam mail creates has not been recognised thus meaning relatives are powerless to intervene, redirect the mail or gain power of attorney. The phycology the scammers use “knits” all the various scam letters together; to the victim, they appear  to be talking about the same thing.