The United States Postal Service has made mailing letters easy by placing their blue collection bins on thousands of streets and corners across America, allowing many customers to walk just a few blocks to send off their mail, rather than having to make a trip to the local post office. However, the USPS is now warning would-be mailers that the blue boxes might not be the best option.
iHeart reports that in a press release, the USPS explained that the collection bins have become hot spots for criminals looking to steal identities or checks, especially at specific times and on specific days. The agency stated, “The biggest variable enticing these criminals to steal are customers depositing mail into blue collection boxes after the last collection of the day or during Sundays and federal holidays.”
So what should customers do? The USPS advises, “If customers simply used retail service or inside wall drop slots to send their U.S. Mail, instead of depositing it to sit outside overnight or through the weekend, blue collection boxes would not be as enticing after business hours to mail thieves for identity theft and check-washing schemes.”
In a list of tips, they also suggest, “The most secure way to send mail is through the local Post Office retail counter. If that is not feasible, the next safest way is to use the inside collection slots that deposit mail directly into the Post Office. If using the Postal Service’s outside blue collection boxes, never deposit mail after the last dispatch time. Each box has dispatch times printed on a label, and it will point you to the location for the latest pickup time in your area. Avoid depositing mail during the night, Sundays, and federal holidays.”
As for if you happen to see someone who doesn’t look like a postal employee rummaging through a collection bin, especially during non-postal work hours, they ask that you report it to your local police or call postal inspectors at 877-876-2455. To incentivize people to that and help curb mail theft, the USPS is offering rewards of up to $10,000 to those whose tips help catch the bad guys.
Does anyone see an analogy to Ballot Drop Box?
If they trust the mail-in voting –
YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THE VACCINE? MAIL IT TO ME AND I’LL VACCINATE MYSELF AND MAIL BACK THE PAPERWORK STATING I’M FULLY VACCINATED. YOU TRUST ME, RIGHT? JUST LIKE MAIL-IN VOTING.
Of course not. Liberal godlessness-forbid to even question such a thing.
I know that this is good, practical advice, but it still feels like a surrender to the bad guys when the USPS itself tells the public not to use their boxes except at certain times.
Perhaps the USPS should lock the slots of those collection boxes at times the fell they’re unsafe to use?
Or just send email. Or a fax.
Wow. So now the USPS is into conspiracy theories. No wonder they lose $4 billion dollars every year. That corrupt organization should be shut down for good.
This is not a conspiracy theory. Many have had their mail stolen from the blue mail boxes, and seen checks altered.
This is not a conspiracy theory. Many have had their mail stolen from the blue mail boxes, and seen checks altered.
These things only happen to loh yutzlach losers.
I was lucky to have a neighbor who was a us postal worker. He gave me this
sound advice 40 years ago Never leave a letter in the mail box over night. Try to mail it in the morning best within an hour of the pick up time. and don’t mail a letter on a windy day. I don’t mail to much nowadays but if do i try to go into the post office.
WOW THIS IS WHAT NY HAS COME TO! BETTER VOTE FOR LAW AND ORDER
and that’s why the cdost of postage has risen so much, to pay for adam’s lswlessness