Be a little suspicious

[Thumper]

Another thing to think about if someone is stealing your mail is identity theft. A friend of mine had credit cards gotten under his name & charged to the tune of 50k. All worked out for him as far as the charges but his credit went down the drain even though he has proof the charges were not his. Cop said the info was most likely stolen from his trash can. Shred everything!!!!!

[ashauler]

Yeah, we have already taken the steps with the bank. We have pulled our credit reports, and have placed the fraud alerts in all our credit files so that anyone being asked to grant credit under our names and ss# will be directed to contact us prior to granting the credit. Identity theft was for sure our major concern here, and I think we have done all that we can to protect ourselves.

[CoventryCat86]

I've never had a problem like that. I live in the country with a rural mailbox out by the road and I have never had anything stolen from it.

[aceswired]

I was fairly sure a similar thing was happening at our old house. Over a couple of weeks, I had 3 packages that never showed up, even though the other parties sent them and in one case I had a DC# stating that it had been delivered. Personally, I suspected someone from the neighborhood just grabbing the packages (I work at a home office and frequently have office equipment & stuff delivered).

Strange part was that it was a pretty good suburban neighborhood. No place is safe, I guess.

[cigar no baka]

Well, this is why in my area, USPS is replacing old style mailboxes with official USPS boxes, that are made of metal, contain about 20-30 boxes for the whole street, and you need a key to get your mail. Unfortunately, I just moved into an older neighborhood that has not been converted.

[jiaguy]

You could always buy a mailbox that needs a key, realistically it won't stop anyone from stealing your mail, but it will let you know when the mailbox has been pried open.

[SkinnyDan]

Thankfully I live in an apartment where all the mail goes into locked boxes, plus my wife is the property manager so all packages go to her office.

[cigar no baka]

You could always buy a mailbox that needs a key, realistically it won't stop anyone from stealing your mail, but it will let you know when the mailbox has been pried open.

Then how does the USPS employee put mail in there? Or is there some kind of semi-standardized USPS lock I can buy for it?