USPS is now warning customers of this main mail problem
This problem has aggravated over time and your mail could now be in danger.
That you are sending carefully manufactured wedding invitations or waiting for a tax document formailYou are counting on the US postal service (USPS) to protect your mail. The agency serves more than161 million addresses Across the country and processes an average of more than 425 million mail every day. But there is only as long as the agency can do to protect your deliveries. In fact, the USPS now warns an important mail problem that becomes more and more common over time. Read to find out how your mail could be in danger.
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Check-off flight is becoming more and more common, reports say.
The flight of check linked to the mail becomes aType more and more widespread of the crime, according to a report of March 28 of Bloomberg. By taking news, there is an underground market where stolen checks are displayed on online sales. Internet added a new layer to send postal flights, as thieves can "sell fly such as mailbox keys and checks in online forums, increasing financial rewards" as well as "one Others by publishing photos and videos of their exploits on social media applications and dark websites, "explained Bloomberg.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
David Maimon, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology of Georgia State University and Director of the Evidence-based Cybersecurity Research Group, told the NPR that thieves generally try one of the two methods forput the hand On your checks via the USPS system. "Some of them simply go to your house mailbox and take the mail you left for the post office to pick up," he said. "Others simply go to the blue boxes with the keys they were able to fly from some of the emails out there, empty the boxes and get the checks that some of us send to our public service companies or Our loved ones when we want to send a gift. That's how easy it's. "
The USPS confirmed that mail flight complaints have increased recently.
These reports go to the postal service. According to the Inspector General of the USPS,complaints of mail increased by 161% from 2020 March to 20 February. Meanwhile, the US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) has received 299,020 complaints from mail. This month, the USPS told the Department of Justice that more than 165 armed flights against the literature carriers had been held since 2021 October, Bloomberg reported. If this rate has remained consistent until December, it would be equivalent to a 400% increase compared to the flights armed in 2019, by an internal memo examined byBloomberg BusinessWeek.
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And it seems that mail-related control fraud is also up.
The USPIS added that this also received 40,727 complaints from fraud by mail from 2020 March to 20 February. When you specifically seek mail-related check fraud, incidentsincreased Since 2021 August, according to the evidence-based cybersecurity research group from the University of the State of Georgia. The organization said it found an average of 1,325 stolen checks on sale each week during the month of October, which was more than double what they saw in September and triple the August average.
"They take the check. They take a screenshot just in case. And then they use a nail polish dissolve to eliminate the beneficiary, as well as the amount that the victim whispered essentially on a check," said Maimon at the NPR. "Once they have that, they take another picture and then download the photo with own verification on several darknets, as well as encrypted communication platforms facilitating underground fraud markets."
The USPS said it works in close collaboration with inspectors to protect mail.
In a statement to the NPR, the USPS stated that check-free mail flying by mailboxes or collection boxes falls within the competence of postal inspectors. "The US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) seriously takes its role in protecting America and continue to aggressively pursue authors who use the US mail system to continue their illegal activity," said the Agency at the Taking news.
The USPS added that every day it offers millions of checks, mandates, credit cards and goods safely. Unfortunately, such articles are also attractive for thieves and that's why the postal inspectors across the country are at work to protect your mail. . "
