The agency also recommends that people post mail inside their local post office or at their workplace alternatively, they can hand their mail directly to a mail carrier. "You can significantly reduce the chance of being victimized by simply removing your mail from your mailbox every day," the agency said in a statement. Instead, the agency is now recommending that patrons come inside their local post office to securely send mail.
The theft issues have prompted the USPS to advise that Americans avoid depositing mail in blue collection boxes or leaving it in their own mailboxes for a carrier to pick up. The suspects allegedly used stolen "arrow keys," or a universal USPS key that opens mail collection boxes, to pilfer mail, including more than 900 stolen checks, according to a criminal complaint. For instance, a rash of thefts from blue collection boxes in Milwaukee led to the break up last month of a criminal ring. The rise in crime targeting postal carriers and mailboxes heightens the risk that mailed checks could be stolen, as has been documented in incidents across the nation. At the same time, fraudsters are targeting mailboxes, either stealing letters directly from residents' homes or from the blue USPS collection boxes, the postal service said. The USPS last month cautioned that it has seen an increase in attacks on letter carriers and mail fraud incidents, with 305 mail carriers robbed in the first half of fiscal year 2023, on pace to exceed the previous year's 412 robberies.
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