{"id":11497,"date":"2015-07-02T07:38:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T12:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=11497"},"modified":"2015-07-02T07:38:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T12:38:17","slug":"video-your-mailbox-an-open-invitation-for-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/07\/02\/video-your-mailbox-an-open-invitation-for-thieves\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Your Mailbox: An open invitation for thieves?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND, VA &#8212; Nowadays, you can pay most of your bills online or on your smartphone, but there are still a few you have to fill out a check and stick it in your mailbox.<\/p>\n<p>But wait, outgoing mail in an unlocked box is an invitation for thieves.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-four businesses reported compromised bank accounts within a short period of time. Investigators were able to track those reports to a certain area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The suspects in this case intentionally targeted business checks,&#8221; Postal Inspector David Cunningham said. &#8220;They would often go to commercial business parks where they would be able to find a number of different checks.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thv11.com\/story\/news\/consumer-news\/2015\/07\/02\/your-mailbox-an-open-invitation-for-thieves\/29606903\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"475\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isSlim=1\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=4334163531001&amp;playerID=2864146587001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAB_xxUcE~,TkK9U83iSSoKVcZWzxBUm-pqF6kRlyvL&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isSlim=1\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashvars=\"videoId=4334163531001&amp;playerID=2864146587001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAB_xxUcE~,TkK9U83iSSoKVcZWzxBUm-pqF6kRlyvL&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"475\" height=\"360\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" swliveconnect=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Scan-Mail-Thieves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11498\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Scan-Mail-Thieves.jpg\" alt=\"Scan Mail Thieves\" width=\"602\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Scan-Mail-Thieves.jpg 602w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Scan-Mail-Thieves-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Scan-Mail-Thieves-600x319.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND, VA &#8212; Nowadays, you can pay most of your bills online or on your smartphone, but there are still a few you have to fill out a check and stick it in your mailbox. 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