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Below are listings of websites and companies to contact to reduce the amount of "junk mail" you receive. Request your name to be taken off of their mailing lists!

Send a postcard/letter requesting that they stop sending junk be sure to include your name, address and request to "activate the preference service". This will stop junk mail from these companies for up to five years.

Your name will be put on a "delete" file that is updated and made available to direct-mail and telephone marketers. Two to three months after your name is entered into file, solicitations you receive should decrease.

Unwanted Magazines:
Look up the 800 number and ask them to take you off of their list.

Credit Solicitations:
*1-888-567-8688 or 1-888-5OPTOUT. This will remove you from junk mail sent by Trans Union, Equifax, Innovis, Experian and. The individual contact information is:

TRANS UNION
Attn: Name Removal
PO Box 97328
Jackson, MS 39288-7328

EQUIFAX
Attn: Opt Out
PO Box 105873
Atlanta, GA 30348

INNOVIS
Attn: Consumer Assistance
P.O. Box 1358
Columbus, OH 43216-1358

EXPERIAN
Attn: Opt Out
701 Experian Parkway
Allen, TX 75013
888-633-4402

Other companies that are members of trade associations that send junk mail, and qualify as direct marketing companies are:
DMA Mail Preference Service PO Box 9008 Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008	Telephone Preference Service PO Box 1559 Carmel, NY 10512	America On-Line 1-800-827-6364 (6am-2am EST)
Acxiom CORP. Attn: Opt Out PO Box 2000 Conway, AR 72033-2000 1-800-922-9466	American Business information inc. Attn: Product Quality PO Box 27347 Omaha, NE 68127	Publishing Clearinghouse Sweepstakes 101 Channel Dr Port Washington, NY 11050 1-800-645-9242 1-800-453-0272 (fax)	Donnelly Marketing, inc / Info USA Attn: Consumer Requests 1020 E 1st St Papillion, NE 68046-7611 888-633-4402
American Family Sweepstakes 1-800-237-2400 American Family Publishers PO Box 62000 Tampa, FL 33662	Readers Digest Sweepstakes Readers Digest Rd. Pleasantville NY 10570 800-678-2743	The Polk Company Attn: Opt Out 26955 Northwestern Hwy Southfield, MI 48034-8455 800-873-7655	ABACUS PO Box 1478 Broomfield, CO 80038 800-518-4453
Haines and Company, inc. Criss-Cross Directory Attn: Director of Data Processing 8050 Freedom Ave NW Canton, OH 44720	Dataquick 877-970-9171	ADVO INC. Attn: Consumer Assistance PO Box 249 Windsor, CT 06095 860-520-3361	VAL-PAK Coupons- 1661 Worchester Rd Framingham, MA 01701 800-676-6878