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Over 3m Britons fall victim of a scam annually
20 December 2006 - Research by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has revealed that 3.2 million adults in the UK fall victim to a scam every year. Scams cost the UK consumer around £3.5 billion per annum.
Postman fuels a rise in junk mail opt-outs
3 December 2006 - The actions of postman Roger Annies, who told customers how to avoid getting junk mail has led to more than 200,000 people signing up to opt-out schemes.
Anti-junk mail postie could be awarded for First Class People award
11 November 2006 - A local newspaper has started a campaign to nominate Roger Annies for First Class People award.
A New American (Junk Mail Free) Dream
10 November 2006 - How do Americans stop junk mail? Unfortunately, the answer is 'not'.
Spam more annoying than junk mail
6 November 2006 - Most people find spam emails more intrusive and irritating than junk mail landing on their doormat, according to Canadian research.
Local Government Association warns Royal Mail over junk mail ambition
9 October 2006 - Abolishing the limit on junk mail deliveries to people's homes will damage the environment and cost council tax payers more, Royal Mail was warned today.
Banks and credit card firms exposed as Britain's worst junk mail offenders
28 September 2006 - For few people will it come as a surprise, but it's now official. Banks and credit card firms are Britain's worst junk mail offenders.
Anti-junk mail postie loses round
27 September 2006 - Roger Annies, the postman suspended for telling customers how to ban junk mail has been told he still has a job - but not his old round.
Lib Dems urge government to reduce junk mail
5 September 2006 - Liberal Democrats have urged the government to take action to tackle the scale of junk mail being delivered to British households.
Confusion over warning not to use door to door opt-out
1 September 2006 - The suspension by Royal Mail of Postman Roger Annies, who advised people on his round how to avoid junk mail, has led to an enormous increase in the number of people wanting to know how they can opt-out of receiving door to door junk mail.
Royal Mail 'failing to give customers information about junk mail opt-out'
31 August 2006 - Postwatch, the independent watchdog for postal services in the UK, has said Royal Mail is failing to give its customers sufficient information on how to avoid junk mail delivered by the postman.
Royal Mail advises Postman to ignore 'no junk mail' stickers
31 August 2006 - Following the case of Postman Roger Annies, who was suspended after he informed people on his round that they had the opportunity to opt-out of receiving junk mail, Royal Mail advised postmen should ignore 'no junk mail' stickers.
46,720,000 pieces of junk sent to deceased annually
20 August 2006 - The Observer today revealed that each month on average eight pieces of junk mail are posted to a dead person in Britain.