The corporations and individuals listed here engage in direct mail, aka junk mail, to market their services. Victims' contact info is, as far as I can tell, lifted from mortgage and real estate documents.

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 private financial information. These companies have already proved that they value marketing over privacy, by sending me unsolicited junk mail (which in some cases contains details of my mortgage?!) This may be legal but it is certainly not welcome, and in my opinion is a terrible way for a company whose business is based on trust to operate.

I know a reputable real estate agent, and a reputable mortgage broker. Neither has ever sent me junk mail. They don't have to resort to paper spam to find customers. I'm sure this is not a coincidence; they provide good service, treat customers with respect, and are rewarded by great reputations and repeat business. Contact me if you'd like to reach either of them.

Or contact the people below if you are not concerned about the marketing practices of the people to whom you're going to send the intimate details of your finances.

Sonoma County Mortgage Junk Mailers

The list was last updated on 2005-07-31 at 12:04 am.

HALL OF SHAME -- Washington Mutual
Washington Mutual sends me junk mail every week.
Call their "Executive Offices" at 800-225-5497 to complain.

HALL OF SHAME -- Sun Pacific Mortgage
The Turdibuonos have been sending mortgage junkmail to my old address for
about five years, including the 3 years since I moved.
Lynn and Forest Tardibuono, owners (and junkmailers)
541 Farmers Lane
Santa Rosa, CA 95405
www.sunpacmortgage.com
707-523-2099
888-552-5450


Beau Hossler, President (and junkmailer)
SC Financial Group
24551 Raymond Way, Ste. 230
Lake Forest, CA 92630
800-921-8144

Kevin L. Harris, Vice President (and junkmailer)
Briarcliff Funding, a dba of Sunfield Financial, broker license 01426444
1503 South Coast Drive, Suite 203
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
1-800-876-6184

Ron Shaw
Loan Consultant (and junkmailer)
Washington Mutual Home Loans
100 B Street Suite 300 
Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Tim Ballard
President and CEO (and junkmailer)
American Benefit Mortgage Inc
23181 Verdugo Drive
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
tim.bullard@americanbenefit.net
1-800-368-0593
www.americanbenefit.net

Randy Keller
Assistant Vice President (and junkmailer)
Bank of America
415-479-2266

H & R Block Mortgage
Darren Hume, Vice President (and junkmailer)
25510 Commercecentre Dr Ste 100
Lake Forest CA 92630-9986
877-HRBLOCK (877-472-5625)

Sierra Western Home Loans (and junkmail)
Dean Alman
18 Crow Canyon Ct. Suite 360
San Ramon, CA 94583
925-358-4300
800-941-1155
fax 925-358-4305

Statewide Bancorp (and junkmail)
A.I. Diaz
President/CEO (and junkmailer)
8599 Haven Ave., No. 306
Racho Cucamonga, CA 91730
1-800-737-0104

John Gruenewald
Loan Agent (and junkmailer)
Home Loans USA
5059 Boulder Lane
Santa Rosa, CA 95405
707-539-1025
707-538-6000
707-538-6046

Pacific Shore Funding (and junkmail)
www.PacShore.com
1-800-284-6161

2004-02-28
Bell Home Loans (and junk mail)
775 Baywood Drive, Suite 215
Petaluma, CA 94954
707-781-3963
707-781-3957 fax
800-513-3766