Same Name Same Address Different Area
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Let's call my name Jonathan HARBUTTLE
Let's call my address 7 MARSDEN AVENUE London SW8
For many year now I have received junk mail addressed to let's say Silvia HARBUTTLE
I do not know this person
I find out by querying the internet that a Silvia HARBUTTLE lives at 7 MARSDEN AVENUE but in SW20
some 8 miles away
So a mixed up of names and addresses by junk mail senders
The same surname living in the same-named street - Not so unlikely even though my surname is not that common
But the same surname living at the same number in the same-named street - rather more unlikely
Date submitted:Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:58:26 +0000Coincidence ID:7261
