Accommodation address
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Accommodation address is a term used mostly in the United Kingdom
to denote a location where mail can be delivered in the name of a person or business for retrieval. The service is similar to Poste restante
and Post office box
es, but is generally supplied by a private company, or even an individual. The degree of service can range from full secretarial and telephone answering, to a simple mail drop. Small businesses use accommodation addresses when they have no fixed place of business, and do not wish to use a post office box, a proper address giving an air of respectability.
Accommodation addresses are occasionally used to have goods delivered that have been paid for through credit-card fraud.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/07/credit_card_fraud_map/
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
to denote a location where mail can be delivered in the name of a person or business for retrieval. The service is similar to Poste restante
Poste restante
Poste restante or general delivery is a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it...
and Post office box
Post Office box
A post-office box or Post Office box is a uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office station....
es, but is generally supplied by a private company, or even an individual. The degree of service can range from full secretarial and telephone answering, to a simple mail drop. Small businesses use accommodation addresses when they have no fixed place of business, and do not wish to use a post office box, a proper address giving an air of respectability.
Accommodation addresses are occasionally used to have goods delivered that have been paid for through credit-card fraud.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/07/credit_card_fraud_map/