Mail Boss Sales on the Rise – Here’s Why!

Four societal factors explain tremendous demand for locking mailboxes – Making lemonade from lemons When we first started marketing our Mail Boss security locking mailbox products several years ago, there were specific areas in the country where the demand was very high. Certain states — Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, and Nevada, for example…

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Dude, Where’s My Mail?

Across the nation, residents wonder if their mail is safe Have you seen your mail lately? Just because you go to your mailbox and open it up and find nothing in it doesn’t mean that you did not receive any mail that day. More than likely, it means that somebody else is walking around with…

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Mail Theft in Wheat Ridge, CO

Wheat Ridge Police Department warns residents “Mail and identity theft a growing and difficult problem” Mail and identity theft is a problem of epidemic proportions that plagues cities, suburbs, and small towns alike. Even the pristine Wheat Ridge, Colorado (“Deep Roots, Short Commutes”) is not immune, and the authorities are taking notice. The Wheat Ridge…

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20 Ways to Prevent Identity Theft

According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft is the most reported form of fraud. Identity theft and mail theft go hand-in-hand. While identity theft can involve the Internet and world wide web, most criminals don’t rely on technical savvy to steal personal information. They simply look for lost wallets, burglarize mailboxes, or dumpster dive…

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Mail Theft in West Seattle, WA

West Seattle Blog publishes Mail-Theft Alert The West Seattle Blog is a weblog for the community of West Seattle Washington, and includes valuable resources and information on events, traffic, and crime, among other topics. Recently, the WSB published a post on mail theft that caught my attention. The editors at WSB reprinted an e-mail from…

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VP Corner: ID Theft Protection

Credit Report dot com gets it right I have read so many articles on identity theft protection that I dream about it. Just the other night, I woke up in a panic after having dreamt about getting a huge credit card bill for items I didn’t even buy. I was about to start questioning my…

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Mail Theft in Sherman Oaks, CA

Even Hollywood Hills not immune to mail identity thieves LAist, “a website about Los Angeles,” recently published a report of “Mail Theft in the Hills” warning residents to lock their mailboxes. Watch those mailboxes, people are stealing. Reported by a representative of City Councilman Jack Weiss last night at a Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council meeting, homes…

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Locking Mailboxes as ID Theft Prevention

Locking Mailboxes: A Basic Way to Prevent Identity Theft Monday through Saturday, most of us check our mailboxes without giving it a second thought. Our mail is delivered throughout the week, and we take our letters, advertisements, statements, and credit card offers out of the mailbox when we find time during the day or when we…

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(Our Thoughts on) Mail Theft in Hermitage, PA

Channel 11 News reports mail theft on the rise, police warn homeowners to take precautions In Hermitage, a suburb of Pittsburgh, police have received multiple complaints from five different neighborhoods of mail stolen from unlocked mailboxes, and have apprehended no suspects. According to this report by Channel 11 news, its happening so frequently that local…

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Mail Theft in Topeka, KS

KTKA News reports mail theft on the rise, puts you at risk for ID theft In Topeka, Kansas, mail theft is on the rise. Mail carriers are seeing a trend. Terry Cook, Postal Service Supervisor, explains “[Mail theives] are out there going through the mailboxes, taking what they want and dropping it off at other…

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