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Old 11-05-2014, 01:39 AM
 
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Thieves ‘Fish’ for Mail in Post Office Collection Boxes

By Matt Thacker on Nov. 2
news@postperiodical.com


Scott Maiko was dropping off a letter Friday afternoon in the curbside collection box at the Canoga Park Post Office when his letter stuck to the door.

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Old 11-05-2014, 05:02 AM
 
Location: Southern California
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That happened to a friend in Encino. A check he mailed with his gas bill was changed and made payable to someone who had no trouble cashing it. I don't use curbside collection boxes anymore.
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Old 11-05-2014, 06:18 PM
 
Location: East Bay, San Francisco Bay Area
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These days, I try and receive and pay all of my bills electronically. Cuts down on the risk. I only mail things such as my property tax.
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Old 11-05-2014, 06:28 PM
 
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These days, I try and receive and pay all of my bills electronically. Cuts down on the risk. I only mail things such as my property tax.
Prop tax? That's the biggest check you don't want stolen and name changed as described in the article. The risk of online payment is all the hacking that seems to go on and whether the financial institutions actually come forward and disclose it to the public unless forced to. Target experienced negative same store sales comps since their intrusion and I imagine Home Depot could suffer some adverse effect in their comps.
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Old 11-09-2014, 02:40 PM
 
Location: Avignon, France
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Just make sure it drops... What are the odds anyway?
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Old 11-13-2014, 01:54 AM
 
Location: Southern California
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I'm not in LA & my collection mailbox is seemingly pretty safe, but you still never know. I have the need to mail things VERY, VERY rarely, but when I do, I like going into the post office and mailing the mail in that slit. It seems to get the mail there faster than putting it in my collection mailbox right outside the post office.
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