Another Typical Mail Identity Theft Story

Here is another typical mail identity theft story out of Phenix City Alabama featuring a pair of career criminals with the common elements of stolen mail, compromised identities, and drugs. Lovely. Mail identity theft is among the fastest growing crimes in the nation, but is easily prevented with a security locking mailbox and a little…

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Credit Card Fraud Or Identity Theft?

With thieves being so creative with their tactics, it is difficult to figure out what is identity theft and what is mere fraud. For instance, if someone takes your credit card, there are several ways they can use your number to hurt you. However, identity theft may not be one of them. Here’s the difference…

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FTC Reports ID Theft Up (Again) in 2011

ID Theft to collect government benefits up 11% According to the FTC, for the 12th year in a row, Identity Theft was the number one consumer complaint in 2011. This follows trends reported by Javelin Strategy in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Since 2001, the number of identity theft complaints has risen every year except one.…

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Cascade Pest Locking Mailboxes Burglarized

(Pro-tip: There’s a solution for that!) One of our vendors sent us a letter stating that payments may have been stolen from the mail. While many people have moved away from uses checks to pay bills, most businesses still send and receive payments by mail. Locking mailboxes can prevent checks from being stolen from the…

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Prevent ID Theft in 7 Easy Steps

Check out this helpful video from HowCast, which offers Personal Security and Self Defense videos here. It highlights 7 Easy Steps to Prevent ID Theft: The most important steps to take to prevent identity theft include:

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A Blogger’s Take on Mail-Identity Theft

This blog post by SusanHi is one of the most comprehensive discussion of mail-identity theft and preventative measures you should take that we have seen online… almost anywhere! We should have shared it years ago, when it was first published. But, better late then never. She was inspired to share her story and insights after a…

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Yes, Your Mail Matters to ID Thieves

Stolen mail a leading cause of Identity Theft, despite popular belief As a company that manufactures and sells locking mailboxes, clearly we have a vested interest in people believing there is a need for a secure mailbox product. More importantly, we truly believe this need is real. (After all, we developed the Mail Boss line…

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Five Ways to Protect Your Security When Buying Consumer Products

As summer approaches, millions of consumers will be emerging from their winter ways and many will be engaging in leisure activities they longed for during the winter. Of course, they’ll be spending money along the way, purchasing new summer attire, eating out, and traveling. At the same time, countless unsavory characters will be searching for…

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Mail Theft Monday – 4/19/10

Perhaps we should just start calling this post “Mail Theft Tuesday”? In our defense, it’s trade show season, which makes it difficult to stay on top of this sort of thing. Just in the past month, we’ve been to Chicago, New Orleans and Minneapolis getting dealers on board with the Mail Boss. We have some…

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