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1.
False. Thieves often break into mailboxes at night and take advantage
of customers who don’t pick up their mail. Ask someone you know
to pick up your mail if you can’t. Go
to question 2. 2.
False. A thief can get into a locked mailroom by pretending to
be a resident and following someone with a key into the mailroom.
Once they’re alone in the mailroom, they can break into the boxes.
Go to question 3. 3.
False. Thieves know very well to look for mailboxes with the red
flags up, and they’ll quickly steal the mail. To prevent being
a “red flag” victim, leave your mail in a blue postal collection
box, or at your local post office. Go
to question 4. 4.
False. Mail thieves look for items found every day in the mail,
such as bank statements and credit card bills, which they can use
to create counterfeit checks or fake IDs. They also look for personal
checks, such as utility bills or other payments, which they can “wash”
clean of handwriting and fill in with new amounts--and make out to
themselves. Check your financial statements regularly. If you believe
your account has been compromised, notify the financial institution
immediately. And report it to a Postal Inspector. Go
to question 5. 5.
False. We call them “dumpster divers”--thieves who go
through trash bins looking for mail and any other information they
can use to access your financial accounts, or to sell to someone else
who wants to access your accounts. Shred all of your personal
information before throwing it away. Go
to question 6. 6.
False. Mail theft can happen to anyone. We’ve seen mail theft
victims who are police officers, attorneys, judges, teachers--nearly
every occupation imaginable. Go to
question 7. 7. True. Call your local police department, and then call 1-800-ASK-USPS for the Postal Inspector nearest you. We offer rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of mail theft suspects. Click here to view our Reward Poster as an Adobe pdf file. Click here to view the Reward Poster as text-only.
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