Complaint Filed with Attorney General by Someone who got my yellow letter

[Dee Miles]

The AG of my state (Washington) sent a notice to me last week that someone has filed a complaint about receiving a yellow letter from me. Their complain states: "I received an unsolicited letter asking to buy one of our homes which was not on the market. After doing some research, I found that the return address was actually the Post Office and that this was a common housing scam. I've attached pictures of the letter."

Has anyone received a complaint that involved yellow letters and the Attorney General? It's true that the return address I use is the street addressing that the PO lets us use instead of it saying PO box. A common practice, in my experience. I use a PO box because I live in a rural area where the mailboxes are either mowed down all the time or mail is stolen, therefore for business, I got a PO box.

I am still a newbie at this and have only sent out about 1000 letters. What odds to get someone to complain! I haven't even done 1 deal yet either.

The letter from the AG states I have 21 days to respond and that all complaints, including responses, are public record, so now I have public record that shows I have a complaint! Not the direction I was hoping to go with my new business. Not even a single testimonial in my favor before this complaint.

Any comments are appreciated. Thanks!

[Darrell Shepherd]

They aren't out to get you, they have bigger fish to fry. Just answer the letter that its not a scam and follow up with a phone call. It is not illegal to offer to buy something from someone if they dont have it for sale, they are just covering their bases on the complaint, they'll almost surely close the file as soon as they hear from you.