How to Keep People From Finding Your New Address
- 1). Give your new address only to close friends and family members and ask that they keep this information private. Do not provide your address on online forms or when you register for accounts with websites.
- 2). Receive your mail at a P.O. box. Mailboxes are available for rent at post offices across the country, as well as at private mailbox companies. When you move, provide the P.O. box as your mailing address on your U.S. Postal Service change of address form.
- 3). Call your telephone company and request an unlisted phone number. Often, phone companies charge a one-time or monthly fee to customers who are not listed in their public directories, so inquire about this before making your request. You can also put your land line telephone account under the name of a roommate or family member.
- 4). Make sure the deed to your home is not in your name, as these records usually are publicly available. If you need to, place the deed in the name of a legal trust and specify yourself as the beneficiary. In public records, the trust will be the property owner and your name will not appear. You can also put the deed to your home in the name of a business.
- 5). Ask a roommate or family member to open household utility, cable and Internet accounts in his or her name so that your name is not tied to your home address.
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