Buy an ink pad & a ink stamp that reads in BIG BOLD LETTERS... "DECEASED: RETURN TO SENDER."
Stamp every last one of them & drop it back in the mail.
It took about a month, but my mother's similar duties (for HER father) went from obscene-daily-levels to MAYBE one or two solicitations a week.
Granted, Grampa is NOT dead, but it was quicker than spending an hour on the phone to each. and. every. last. moron. who wanted him to send them money.
Since mom has PoA over Grampa's finances, all his mail goes to her (not him).
At one point, mom was considering buying an industrial grade paper shredder for all the garbage they kept sending him, but a $5 stamp & a $5 ink pad were a MUCH more cathartic purchase.
(Smiles over the memory of mom SLAMMING the stamper on the pad, then SLAMMING it on each beg-letter & screaming "DENIED, BEEEOTCH!" heheheheheh)
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