Putting a Variant of Your Real Name on The Package?

Hello everyone, I know that it is settled OPSEC around here to put your own name on your package. But I have a bit of a unique situation, and I'd like some advice.

Starting several years ago, at the last place I lived, I started receiving credit card offers addressed to me, with a variant of my real name. Let's say my name is "Chloe Maroni"; these offers come addressed to "Carly Maroni". There is no, and has never been, a "Carly Maroni" living with me. These letters followed me over to my new place, and I still receive about one every two months, and it's always a credit card offer.

I don't know how or why they first started coming, although I suspect since it sounds like my first name, it started with a telelmarketer call hearing my name wrong. But what I'm wondering is: do you think this is safe to use for a DNM order?

TL;DR My name is "Chloe Maroni". I often get credit card offers addressed to a nonexistent "Carly Maroni". Is it safer to use the latter, nonexistent name for a DNM order?


Comments


[3 Points] julesandvince:

It's better to use your real name, in my opinion. The odds of ever getting busted (considering you use a reputable vendor with a good track record) for personal amounts of drugs are very slim.

That being said, in the event you ever get busted, if it's addressed to someone else, you can get charged for something like impersonation (I can't remember the official name of the charge... You can do a search to find out what I'm talking about.)

But, like I said, the odds of ever getting busted for personal amounts are very, very slim.


[2 Points] GrandWizardsLair:

In the (exceedingly rare) event that your package caught the eye of postal inspectors or FBI agents, they are not going to be fooled by the fact that the kilo of cocaine was addressed to Carly Maroni rather than Chloe Maroni.

In the (not exceedingly rare) event that your postman is a rules Nazi, he may send Chloe Maroni's package back to sender.

tl/dr; using variants on your real name does not lessen your risk, it just lessens your chance of getting your drugs.


[1 Points] nsgiad:

A close variant to your name doesn't really give plausible deniability. You need to use a completely different name.


[1 Points] toobadnotme:

If you're going to go with any variant, use one that is a common and obvious nickname for your real first name, if there is one. Like Steve instead of Stephen or Liz for Elizabeth. Don't go any farther than that- your mailman may see that it is the wrong name and won't deliver it. If he sees name slip ups too often it will only raise red flags. If you get seriously busted (like, more than just a seizure letter), police have probably been doing an ongoing investigation, and a slightly wrong name won't help you at all.


[1 Points] Silencer123:

I always use my middle name. Like if my Name was Paul John James, I would send it to John James. I've one this for years and never ha a speck of a problem. Or I also live in a Condo and the last tenant still gets mail so sometimes I'll address it to him. I think addressing it to the last tenant isn't the smartest thing to do but I think using my middle name has worked pretty good..


[1 Points] zee1000:

Credit card mail is sent on a bulk level and paid for by the batch. They have preapproval - pretty mcuh anything stamped like that can be delivered for example "current resident" that you get on sunday mailers and such.

Sending a first class letter with an actual stamp that said "current resident" likely wouldnt make it .

I would stick to the real spelling of your name even though itd probably come anyway. Bottom line is - it wont save jack shit if your name is spelt wrong. What matters is the address its being sent to.


[-1 Points] shady_varchar:

I NEVER use my real name. FFS, don't even use my real address!