The USPS and the police just gave this major warning about your mail
A new discovery has raised even more concerns about a current problem.
We have become so used to ourdaily mail service Of the American postal service (USPS) over the years, most of us do not reflect. But when you send financial documents with sensitive information or the shipment of irreplaceable valuables, you put a lot of confidence in the agencyTo keep your mail safe. Unfortunately, there is only little that postal service can do when it comes to protecting our deliveries. And now, a new discovery of the USPS and the police could make you guess your next trip to the mailbox. Read the rest to discover the latest warning to know.
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The postal service recently sent several warnings to customers.
The USPS treats millions of mail people every day, so it is not surprising that they are quick to send alerts to the United States customers on a number of problems.
In May, general post officeLouis Dejoy warned the millions that use the postal system that they should prepare to start seeingShipping costs are increasing At an "uncomfortable" rate in the coming years, because the USPS will continue to put pressure for price increases until it is more "self -sufficient".
And this month, the postal service has published an opinion on animal attacks across the country, warning the Americans that they put one "serious threat"For public and postal employees. According to the agency, more than 5,400 postal employees were attacked by dogs in the United States only in 2021, and the presence of a single aggressive animal could end a delivery service mail for an entire neighborhood.
Now there is a new warning to keep your mail in mind.
A police raid has just discovered a stolen letter of dozens of victims.
In a series of tweets on June 18, the northern district of Portland Police Bureau (PPB) in Portland, Oregon, revealed that they had located one "plethora of alleged stolen goods“During a search of a mandate in a house in the region. In addition to firearms and drugs, the department - which worked in collaboration with postal inspectors for the USPS - also seized a stolen postal property.
"During research, officers and detectives are located ... A USPS jacket and hat, stolen social security cards and passports and a letter of more than 30 different victims," tweeted the PPB North Precint.
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The agents also found checks washed during their research.
Portland police did not haveIdentify the suspects Or confirm if arrests have been made, according to CBS-Affiliate Koin 6 news. But those linked to stolen USPS property were probably involved in a major mail program, as officials said they had also seized "washed checks" during their research. According to the US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the washing of checks refers to someone's actChange payment information on a check and place it fraudulently.
"Sometimes these checks are stolen in mailboxes and washed in chemicals to delete ink," explains the USPI, which serves as a branch for applying the postal service law, on its website. "Some crooks will even use friends or scanners to print false copies of a check."
USPS recently warned of an increase in the flight of messaging system checks.
Washed controls discovered in the Portland raid are not an isolated event. On June 6, the USPSresponded to concerns deputyEleanor Holmes Norton, a representative of Washington, D.C., who castigated the agency after receiving news thatsomeone in their congress district The checks were stolen after having placed them in a blue USPS collection box. "Thieves have changed the beneficiaries and the dollars' amounts on checks, and tens of thousands of dollars were stolen on my constituent account," Norton wrote in a letter to the postal service on May 16.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
The agency "saw an increase in Mail flight activity In recent years "in most major metropolitan regions, James Cari , a representative of government relations for the USPS, replied in a letter written to Norton on June 6 Received 299,020 complaints Theft of mail between March 2020 and February 2021, which was a leap of 161% compared to the previous year. Cari said that inspectors working with the USPI supervised 1,079 cases of mail flight throughout the country in 2021 and noted that the agency "favors surveys related to stolen checks which are later washed, modified and negotiated for payment ".
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