Mail Identity Theft on the Rise

Animation illustrates national epidemic of mail theft & identity theft This YouTube video shows the increase in mail and identity theft nation wide over the past few years. As you can see, mail theft and identity theft is a massive problem of a national scale that is growing at an alarming rate. Criminals steal your…

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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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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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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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(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 Arlington, WA

KING 5 Reports, “‘Tis the season for mail theft” In early December, KING 5 news ran a story warning this is one of the busiest times of the year for mail thieves. The story is reprinted below: ARLINGTON, Washington – With two weeks left to mail out Christmas cards and packages, this is one of…

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Mail Theft Continues to Grow… We Can’t Keep Up!

Back in 2006 when we launched the original curbside Mail Boss, you  hardly ever heard about mail thefts in the news. It used to be that every once in a while we would find a really relevant news story about mail-identity theft, and publish here to help consumers realize the importance of a locking mailbox.…

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