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You're mostly just inconveniencing your postal carrier. They throw that stuff out.

• gamblor956 7y ago
  The point isn't that the scammers read the junk you send them. It's that they had to pay for you sending that junk to them, which increases their costs. (But it would take a lot of people doing the same to make a dent.)
  • eli 7y ago
    No, I mean the post office throws it out. If you tape a reply card to a brick or stuff the envelope with sand... they don't actually deliver it.
    • gamblor956 7y ago
      The post office will not deliver the brick because the postage doesn't cover the weight (or shape) of the brick. They will deliver an envelope stuffed with sand unless it exceeds the weight limits covered by that postage. (I know that second part from actual recent experience.)
      • eli 7y ago
        If they consider the mailing an "improper" use of the return label, they can toss it regardless of weight.
        • tombert 7y ago
          In my particular case, I stuff it with dirt, but I make sure that it's sealed all the way, so I don't know that they know it's an improper case.
    • colejohnson66 7y ago
      They actually will. People have tested it many times, but the post office will deliver a coconut if it has the correct postage. I’m sure you could go to a USPS postage kiosk and put a brick on it and it would work.