We’ll update this story when we get a response. We’ve followed up with an email to the Snopes team asking about the veracity of this latest scam report. Just to play devil’s advocate, we did a search of - an authoritative site useful for separating urban legends from confirmed news about scams and ripoffs - and did not find any info about the mailbox glue scam in their archives. Worth area in 2012 and again in 2014 when it happened in Mount Vernon, NY. But local postal inspectors did confirm this sticky mailbox ploy was going on in the Dallas/Ft. The USPS has not confirmed the veracity of this latest report in The New York Post. The scam seems to be localized to New Jersey at this point. Also when you drop it in the blue box, it may not get scanned until it gets to the sort facility.
Usps dropbox jammed free#
That leaves the crooks free to change the recipient’s name on the check - or add an extra zero or two to the dollar amount - and then cash it themselves. ago The only REAL person to talk to would be inside the PO where the box is.otherwise when they do the collection, it will be un-jammed. The cash is just a gimme for the bad guys, while checks make the crooks work a little harder.Ĭhecks have to be “washed” by criminals, a special process that removes pen ink from the face of a check. Crooks can then later retrieve whatever envelopes get stuck and rifle through the contents to find checks and cash. The sticky substance basically acts like flypaper it catches letters that people drop down the chute to be mailed. The New York Post says scam artists are coating the inside of USPS mailboxes with a “thick honey-like substance” in a low-tech hack designed to steal your letters and bills. Read more: Fake package notification could be dangerous malware Crooks using honey to get the money? USPS collection boxes located in areas that receive a lot of drop-offs may be emptied twice, however at least once per day is. The exact time is specific to each box, and will be located on the collection box itself. Now an oldie but baddie scam involving outgoing mail dropped in mailboxes is reportedly making a comeback! Mail is collected from blue USPS collection boxes at least once daily, Monday-Saturday with the exception of federal holidays. Incoming USPS mail from the Post Office is picked up daily at 6:30am and 2:00pm Monday. We’ve told you before about the bogus package delivery scam and the threat that package thieves pose to your shipped goods. Mailbox assignments and combinations can be found in MyMadison.
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