"Strange mail for names and accounts you don't recognize: it's one of the first red flags of identity fraud. And in this case, this woman did everything right; she reported it, flagged it, and still doesn't know why her home was targeted."
"Lathan says the piece of mail was from BMO Bank, addressed to a man named Carlos with Chocolate Squirrel LLC. At first, she thought it could be a simple mix-up. Her granddaughter sometimes uses the address for school paperwork. "So I thought maybe somebody's calling her Chocolate Squirrel and she had told me to expect some mail," Lathan said."
"Yet, the mail from this "Chocolate Squirrel" kept coming. "Non-stop?" asked 7 On Your Side's Stephanie Sierra. "Yes!" Lathan replied. When Lathan Googled the business name, a global chocolate import and distribution company was the main site that showed up. "I mean I had no idea any of this was going on," Lathan said."
"She explained that her Chocolate Squirrel business is based in Seattle. Same name... Different company. "We don't send any mail out. Nobody would receive a piece of mail from us, they never have," Selfridge said. She says she trademarked the name in 2021. "We've done all the documentation," Selfridge said."
A 93-year-old San Francisco woman received dozens of letters addressed to accounts and businesses she did not recognize, all using her home address. The mail began with items from BMO Bank addressed to a man named Carlos with “Chocolate Squirrel LLC.” She initially suspected a simple mix-up because her granddaughter sometimes used the address for school paperwork, but her granddaughter denied any connection. The mail continued non-stop. A search for “Chocolate Squirrel” led to a Seattle-based chocolate import and distribution business with the same name, which stated it does not send mail to recipients and had trademarked the name in 2021. The situation remains unexplained despite her reporting and flagging the activity.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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