While I do most of my banking and necessary payments online, there are still times when I have to send a paper check using snail mail. I have also sent several gifts through the mail this year, knowing I wouldn’t be able to see the person for Christmas, and every time, I get a little nervous placing it in my mailbox.
Is it safe to send money or gifts through the mail? Will my special package make it to its destination?
Turns out, my fears are justifiable. The Acushnet Police Department announced just a few hours ago a possible “fishing scheme” involving the Acushnet Post Office but also offered some promising news with helpful tips for the future.
Mailbox at Acushnet Post Office may have been fished for money, checks
Standard-Times
ACUSHNET Anyone who dropped mail into the blue postal box just outside the Acushnet Post Office might have had their mail stolen in a mailbox fishing incident.
According to a social media post from Acushnet police, during the early hours of Monday December 21, police were dispatched to a call involving a possible mailbox fishing scheme at the blue mail box located outside the Acushnet Post Office.
Thieves use the fishing scheme to steal mail out of the mailbox in hopes of finding checks, money or credit cards.