Filing a Fictitious Business Name requires publishing one's home and business addresses. An entire industry of direct-marketing vultures feeds on these listings.

I recently had to re-file my FBN because one of my addresses had changed. As a result I've received a dozen offers for all manner of junk. The junkmailers are listed below.

To be clear: I have no existing business relationship with any of these companies, and yet they send me flyers, advertisements, enticements, and assorted other unsolicited commercial crap.

Anyone considering doing business with the firms listed below should question how they will treat your contact information. These companies have already proved that they value marketing over privacy, by sending me unsolicited junk mail.

Fictitious Business Name Junk Mailers

The list was last updated on 2004-03-01 at 7:11 pm.

2003-08-04
Cardservice International
po box 1911
Camarillo, CA 93011
www.startaccepting.com
1-800-566-0099

2003-08-06
Cardservice International
www.cardserviceleaders.com
877-538-3377

2003-08-15
1-866-865-7062
Cardservice International
po box 1911
Camarillo, CA 93011
www.increaseyoursalesnow.com

2003-09-04
Robert Chrin
Waddell & Reed
2140 Jefferson Street, Suite 200
Napa, CA 94559
707-255-3733
fax 707-255-3642

2003-09-23
2003-10-08
2003-10-31
2003-11-05
American Express Business Gold Card
Kerry D. Hatch
EVP & General Manager
American Express

2003-10-03
Robert Chrin
Waddell & Reed
2140 Jefferson Street, Suite 200
Napa, CA 94559
707-255-3733
fax 707-255-3642

2003-10-15
Pitney Bowes Meter Marketing
430 New Karner Road
Albany NY 12214-5376

2003-10-24
2004-02-04
Nextel Communications, Inc.
PO Box 5550
Hauppauge, NY 11788
1-800-569-4071

2003-11-05
The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company
850 Cannon Drive
Hurst, Texas 76054
www.comparemega.com
1-800-827-9990

2003-11-16
2004-01-02
2004-01-27
2004-02-28
J. Alan Berson
Senior Vice President (and junk-mailer)
Capital One
P.O. Box 85546
Richmond, VA 23285-5546
www.getmycard.com

2003-11-20
2003-12-03
2004-01-02
Jeffrey D. Beck
President (and junk-mailer)
Advanta Platinum Card
PO Box 4732
Syracuse, NY 13221-8970
1-800-571-8810
1-800-ADV-ANTA
www.applytoday.com/mycard

2004-01-11
Viking Office Products (and Junk Mail)
1-800-421-1222

2004-01-31
Citibank CitiBusiness Card
Kendall E. Stork, President and CEO (and junk-mailer)
1-800-248-8118

2004-02-04
Office Max
Ryan T. Vero, Executive Vice President (and junk-mailer)
3605 Warrensville Center Rd.
Shaker Heights, OH 44122
1-877-OFFICEMAX
www.officemax.com