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When I was young I “hacked” the USPS to send free mail by putting the return address as the address I wanted to send to and leaving the actual address blank or
by matte_black 8y ago
When I was young I “hacked” the USPS to send free mail by putting the return address as the address I wanted to send to and leaving the actual address blank or as some invalid address. Then I would deposit the letter somewhere without a stamp and it would be sent across the country for free (but very slowly).
Was this actually a felony?
- CamTin 8y agoYes, and a federal one.
- matte_black 8y agoSo what would I be looking at, prison time?
- niij 8y agoYes, that's quite obviously fraud.
- jedberg 8y agoBesides being a crime, it doesn't work anymore (you weren't the only one to think of that). Now, if the return address on unstamped mail isn't within the local delivery area, it just goes to the dead letter pile.