# Unwelcome Applications

**URL:** <https://community.clark.com/t/unwelcome-applications/9879>\
**Category:** Credit Cards\
**Created:** [September 17, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/unwelcome-applications/9879 "2026-09-17T19:59:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![teamf3kmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@teamf3kmom](https://community.clark.com/u/teamf3kmom)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/unwelcome-applications/9879/1 "2026-09-17T19:59:24Z")

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Among other things, I help my mother with her finances. She lives about 3 hours from me, in a different state. Recently, she started receiving mail, specifically credit card applications to my address. How or why is this happening, is it a problem, should I do something about it and if so, what and how?

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**Author:** ![p1g1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cab0a1/32.png) [@p1g1](https://community.clark.com/u/p1g1)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/unwelcome-applications/9879/2 "2026-09-18T02:14:39Z")

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Perhaps you provided your address for any of your mother’s accounts and that information was then shared with their third-party marketing partners? You can stop the credit card offers at [optoutprescreen.com](http://optoutprescreen.com) or by calling 1-888-567-8688.