Class A Mail Cover

I received this cover in my mailbox a few weeks ago. The cover contained an offer to enroll in National Prescription Price Protection, basically a prescription medication insurance program.



It's junk mail trying to pass as first class mail. However, there are a couple of interesting aspects to this cover.

- "Class A Mail" and the fake data matrix barcode made to resemble a Pitney Bowes postage meter. Notice the absence of indication that postage has been paid. Junk mail has the word "PAID" as part of the indicium (if a stamp or meter is not used).

- The complete absence of an address, just "Mail Service Code 254031P". I googled this term, but got no useful information.

My guess is this mailing never actually was processed through the mail system, but just inserted at the point of delivery by the letter carrier. It's similar to mailings addressed to just "Postal Customer".

What do you think?

Robert

This is not particularly new, as it was discussed several months ago in the thread linked below. I agree it was not a mailpiece but an insert of some kind attached to either a bunch of flyers or a newspaper. The "trick" is to get the recipient to "think" it looks like a legitimate piece of mail in the hope that they will be more apt to open it and not just throw it away.

Interestingly if you compare the bar code below the eagle on your piece as compared to the one at the link below, it is identical, so that alone is a clue that it did not legitimately flow through the mail:

https://goscf.com/t/37403

For what it's worth, I did look up the address on your posted envelope and come up with a number of variants in the prescription drug and healthcare fields, so my guess is that the "#xxxx" is merely an identifier so that the telemarketers or mail clerks can identify the source of the ad being responded to.

Just take a look at all of these similar names and addresses:

National Prescription Price Protection, 217 Centre Street, #2830, New York, NY 10013
Healthcare Alliance, 217 Centre Street, #2190, New York, NY 10013
National Prescription Assistance Service, 217 Centre Street, #2450, New York, NY 10013
Prescription Safety Net, 217 Centre Street, #2540, New York, NY 10013
American Prescription Discounts, 217 Centre Street, #2740, New York, NY 10013
American Rx Advantage, 217 Centre Street, #2780, New York, NY 10013
Associated Wellness Network, 217 Centre Street, #4150, New York, NY 10013
Uni Script, 217 Centre Street, #2210, New York, NY 10013
Internet Drug Coupons, 217 Centre Street, #3240, New York, NY 10013
American Prescription Savings Alliance, 217 Centre Street #2280, New York, NY 10013

I should have remembered that thread since I contributed to it. Memory is the first thing to go after the hair.

Thanks for the response.

Robert