I seem to recall a “scam”. Basically, it’s some junk mail solicitor that sends the scam mail as a Certified Letter to make it seem more important to the “mark”.
If it’s someone asking you for money, don’t assume that it’s legit.
If someone is silly enough to ask me for money, I pretty much assume they don’t know what they’re doing. 
No. Just a bridge over the Bermuda Triangle. 
I think you can only get a certified letter if you’re certifiable.
No, only the letter has to be certifiable.
I’ve only gotten one notice for a certified letter. I was kind of excited, until I saw that it came from the IRS! Gasp! Then, I checked the name – not remotely mine and I didn’t recognize it. They kept trying and trying, even though I kept refusing it. Eventually I called the post office and told them that the IRS was mistaken and I didn’t know anything about this. They agreeably said they would let the IRS know, and I didn’t hear about it again.
We just got 2 certified letters from the IRS - they send a copy to each spouse on a joint return. They want money. I knew they wanted money. They’ll get their money. They coulda saved money by sending me a regular letter - or even an email. But whatever…
Hmmm… since she hasn’t been back to tell us what the letter was about, shall we assume that Auntie Em did indeed get a whole ton o’ money from a deceased rich relative and has been shopping nonstop since?
A little bird tells me that it’s auntie em and SkipMagic’s anniversary.
So:
A) The certified letter is something that Skip concocted
ii) It’s their anniversary, and they are too busy celebrating to post
c) Both
Maybe I’m weird, but my immediate vote is for it to be something involving our old friend, Missing Coworker, just because that was one of the most exciting sagas I have ever had the pleasure to waste my time constantly hitting “refresh” for online, and so to have the whole thing crop up again, with the next chapter? Fan-frickin’-tastic!
I second that vote. It would be tiresome for Auntie Em, I suppose, but what’s that compared to the joy that a whole new chapter could bring to the rest of us?
Sorry, Auntie Em 
Happy Anniversary!
But until you get a subpoena, you AIN’T!! 
It’s that wild bunch of people with the balloons and a giant check from Publishers Clearing House. They pounded on your door for ten minutes, to no avail. If you see a group sitting on the bench at the PO…that’s them. Act surprised.
Me too!
That was the first thread I ever read all the way through, and kept coming back to check.
But now its been 6 days… Do you think… oh no… They went some where for the holiday weekend?!?
I may not sleep tonight…
Last time I got a certified letter it turned out to be junk mail. I was so pissed that I had to drive to the post office to get it. But after that I was like, well I went this far, might as well buy some of that vynl siding. ya right!
Sorry, Mystery Minions, it was nothing more exciting than old tax stuff dating back to when we combined two households from two separate states. We’ll have to wait to see if the Missing Co-Worker brings any more excitement into our lives.
Well, gosh, that was mundane. And pointless.
So much for a big mystery. 