WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Dumped mailboxes

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Missing your mailbox?

A texter sent that photo of mailboxes discovered dumped along the 45th SW/Marine View Drive stairway this morning.

Cranky September 4, 2021 (12:55 pm)

I guess at this point, you have to figure 1. thieves are brazen2. they will knock down anything that isn’t secured3. you have to harden up your defenses. (they will stop at nothing if you make it easy)(this is ridiculous that they basically strong armed the whole set up) ugh

HD September 4, 2021 (1:40 pm)

Does anyone receive anything of importance in their mailbox anymore? Mine got broken into and I wanted to leave a thank you note for taking all the advertisements off my hands. (And I joke! I know credit cards, debit cards, random checks, etc are still send via USPS) Although most my cards now are sent via fedex.)

1994 September 4, 2021 (8:38 pm)

Hey – you get your voter ballot delivered by the hardworking employees of the US Postal Service!
Stolen Identity September 5, 2021 (11:01 am)

I had my W-2 stolen from my Mail box. Mail theft rings go hard at the end of Jan/early feb just to get these because they have your name, social security number and address. I caught on that it was stolen within a week and they had already attempted to open 70 accounts in my name. Several were opened including approval for an auto loan. Cleaning that up sucked.

major_sigh September 4, 2021 (5:42 pm)

I receive nothing but junk mail via usps, although the occasional Amazon package does come via that way.It took me several years, but I set all of my accts to paperless only and I registered my name in the ftc website to shut off all credit card and insurance offers. I do still get those ridiculous refi offers. Still, knowing any of your mail is stolen and the damage to the mailbox must be very frustrating. That’s why I hate external mailboxes.

Steve M September 5, 2021 (7:40 am)

If helpful, you can stop most all junk mail by navigating the various sites listed on the Seattle.gov Stop Junk Mail page.

And back to the topic at hand, agreed: having mail stolen is frustrating. No matter whether I’ve lived rurally or in the city, it continues to be an issue. I hope the folks missing their mailboxes can get resituated soon.

anonyme September 5, 2021 (7:04 am)

So much for “security” mailboxes.

HS September 5, 2021 (1:25 pm)

Come on, people. That is obviously recyclable.

RS September 6, 2021 (12:38 pm)

Sign up for the USPS Informed Delivery service. They will scan the front of your mail every day and send you an email with the images and list of packages arriving. That way if anything goes missing, you’ll know what you didn’t get.https://faq.usps.com/s/article/Informed-Delivery-The-Basics