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USPS Warns Not To Use Their Blue Mailboxes
Kiam640 ^ | Mar 1, 2024 | Dave Basner

Posted on 03/03/2024 3:21:26 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

When it comes to mailing letters, many people do it by dropping their envelopes in the United States Postal Service's blue collection bins placed in neighborhoods across America. However, the USPS is now warning would-be mailers that those blue boxes might not be the safest option.

In a press release, the Postal Service explained that unfortunately, the collection bins have become very attractive to thieves looking to steal identities or checks, especially at specific times and on specific days. The agency stated, "The biggest variable enticing these criminals to steal are customers depositing mail into blue collection boxes after the last collection of the day or during Sundays and federal holidays."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blue; bluemailboxes; crime; culturerot; mail; mailboxes; security; theft; usps; uspsmailboxes; warns
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yay us!!!!


41 posted on 03/03/2024 4:13:51 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

What about my mail in ballot?!?


42 posted on 03/03/2024 4:15:45 PM PST by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: skepsel

I think hornets and skunks are under utilized in law enforcement.


43 posted on 03/03/2024 4:18:25 PM PST by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: parmamenian

Newman....


44 posted on 03/03/2024 4:18:52 PM PST by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: RetiredTexasVet
Sounds like the FBI needs to get of their lazy butts and set up some stings.

They're only interested in stinging pro-life grandmothers and Latin Mass goers.

45 posted on 03/03/2024 4:20:11 PM PST by rhinohunter (Elections have consequences. Stolen elections have catastrophic consequences.)
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To: hanamizu

I remember a cheap ass air mag would write free on the upper left corner of his outgoing mail. I caught him and informed him he didn’t deserve to use the perk save for us who did a tour in country. He was caught by a fellow A.P. and busted. He got an article 15 and soon after he was Adios Amigo!


46 posted on 03/03/2024 4:21:58 PM PST by shadeaud (God gave us the free will and intelligence to choose right from wrong. Use it or lose it!)
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To: Angelino97

Exactly,

as soon as going postal became a thing, myself going to a post office stopped being a thing.

I may have overreacted since going postal hasn’t been a thing in decades.

I’d warn others about similarly overreacting to merely stolen mail but I don’t want to hinder anyone adapting to decay.


47 posted on 03/03/2024 4:23:00 PM PST by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: beef

I’ve been telling people this for a couple years now. Our blue box was stolen from outside the PO a couple times about 3 years ago. Next thing you know, everyone is taking their mail to the drop inside. People were still having checks stolen, washed, and cashed for low to mid 4 figures. Inside job. I heard about it early, I had inside sources at the PD.

DO. NOT. MAIL. CHECKS. if you don’t absolutely have to.


48 posted on 03/03/2024 4:25:13 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: shadeaud

I have a bunch of letters from my dad when he was in USAAF with ‘free’ in the upper corner.


49 posted on 03/03/2024 4:28:49 PM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: escapefromboston

That’s not exactly what I take from the article.


50 posted on 03/03/2024 4:32:32 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

One more step toward total enshitification.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/enshittification


51 posted on 03/03/2024 4:36:10 PM PST by motor_racer ("We're gonna punish our enemies, and we're gonna reward our friends" - Barak Hussein Obama)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Our central Phoenix post office has replaced the old pull-down doors on these boxes with ones with no door that seems almost impossible to rob.

The office said crooks inserted an adhesive that prevented mailings from dropping to the bottom and suspended them where they could be retrieved.

Inexplicably, but typicaly, the new drive-thru boxes require one to get out of car
to drop mail-—often resulting in long lines at the drive thru—not to mention the inconvenience.


52 posted on 03/03/2024 4:42:34 PM PST by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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To: DoughtyOne

I only send mail at a main post office and only do it before pick up hours. I never leave outgoing mail in my mailbox or at a corner drop box.


53 posted on 03/03/2024 4:45:08 PM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: KrisKrinkle

I’ve been told all my life to never send cash through the mail. It was good sense long before the idea of ‘everything digital’ was ever thought about.


54 posted on 03/03/2024 4:45:25 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And libs think EV charging stations will be ok!!


55 posted on 03/03/2024 4:54:45 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: DoughtyOne

Well, at least it’s an attempt at a solution.

In 1958, when the jeweler Harry Winston donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian, he sent it through the US mail. He’s supposed to have said, “Well, if you can’t trust the U.S. Mail, what can you trust?”

But the problem of mail being stolen now doesn’t seem to be the fault of the postal service, any more than jewelry stores being looted is the fault of the store owners.

I think it’s a good idea to lock the boxes after the mail is collected every day. A lot of the theft attempts are probably taking place in the middle of the night, and if people can’t deposit mail after hours, their mail won’t be stolen.


56 posted on 03/03/2024 4:55:16 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A few bills I actually put in the mail are either taken to the main post office near my home, or given to the mailman who delivers the mail. I only know of a few actual mail boxes still around.


57 posted on 03/03/2024 5:06:05 PM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: llevrok

**But ballot drop boxes are safe????**

Yes. Because the crooks know that there’s no money in the envelopes,... and most of the private info is fake. AND...

They would be interferring with their commie friends’ efforts, which is very dangerous!


58 posted on 03/03/2024 5:08:01 PM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well that’s one hell of a note…


59 posted on 03/03/2024 5:11:14 PM PST by bigbob ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Better to be warned about one more danger in Biden’s Amerrika..


60 posted on 03/03/2024 5:23:53 PM PST by GOPJ (Question: What are the two things Biden finds at ice cream shops? A. Ice cream and young children.)
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