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I think the attack is that they can see a credit card is on it's way to your mailbox, then snatch it out of the mailbox while you're at work. Things like this
by dontbenebby 8y ago
I think the attack is that they can see a credit card is on it's way to your mailbox, then snatch it out of the mailbox while you're at work.
Things like this are why I moved all my financial stuff over to a PO box.
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoHow many attackers are local to you? This requires proximity obviously, I just have to think that’s even more rare. Maybe there are niche credit card thieves that like to target just the area they live in. Seems like a lot of additional risk as now you aren’t just committing CC fraud but also mail fraud.
- abarringer 8y agoI work in the Credit card industry. Account origination fraud using the real address is a thing. The bad guys hire mules to check mailboxes daily until the card arrives. This would greatly simplify that task.
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoAh, mules. That makes more sense because people are really stupid. Takes the locality requirement off the “brains” of the operation.
- dawnerd 8y agoLuckily usps requires all new development to use cluster boxes so that should put an end to it for any new house.
- craftyguy 8y ago[Citation needed]
- dawnerd 8y agohttps://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2018/pb22492/html/updt_002.htm https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2018/pb22492/html/upd... There are exemptions which allow for single mailboxes but going forward all new builds should have cluster boxes.
- craftyguy 8y agoThanks for responding, instead of downvoting and moving along like many others before you.