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parked in a sedan near the cluster mailbox. He immediately called neighbors
checking to see if anyone was visiting. When no one responded, he looked
outside and the car was gone.

MAILBOX THEFTS
On January 18th, 2021 we reported a “Rise of cluster mailbox thefts in Placer
In a retirement community like The Club, you don’t normally see a group of County”. On January 29, 2021, homeowners reported to former HOA Riverside
young men parked in a car near one of our cluster mailboxes. It can raise Management mailbox vandalism in our community. In June 2019, a homeowner
suspicion. Mail theft break-ins to steal tax refunds, cash and gift cards mailed in reported to NW that “someone tried to forward mail to a different address.”
brightly colored envelopes, identity theft, are reasons such break-ins occur, Luckily, the postal carrier brought it to the homeowner’s attention. The
according to law enforcement. homeowner did not receive their prescription pills in the mail. A report was
filed with authorities.
TAMPERING WITH MAIL IS A FEDERAL OFFENSE. REPORT IT.
https://www.uspis.gov/ AVOID DOING THIS
If you have witnessed or fallen victim to a crime, take action by going online to Don’t send cash, checks or gift cards in brightly colored envelopes. A
the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS). This is the right agency to homeowner mailed a $50 check to a relative last Christmas. It never reached
report mail fraud, identity theft, mail theft, Cybercrime, suspicious mail and to them.
report USPS Employees or Service. The United States Postal Inspection
Service (USPIS), or the Postal Inspectors, is the law enforcement arm of CONSIDER THIS: Mail your card in a small padded Manilla envelope or
in a box to prevent hands from figuring out that a gift card is inside.
the United States Postal Service. It supports and protects the U.S. Postal Alternatively, if you are comfortable, use Venmo, or one of several online
Service, its employees, infrastructure, and customers by enforcing the laws that
defend the nation's mail system from illegal or dangerous use. banking applications available through most financial institutions. The money is
sent directly to the receiver’s bank account.
Its jurisdiction covers any "crimes that may adversely affect
or fraudulently use the U.S. Mail, the postal system or postal employees."
With roots going back to the late 18th century, the USPIS is the oldest BETTER YET: SIGN-UP FOR U.S.P.S. INFORMED DELIVERY
https://informeddelivery.usps.com/box/pages/intro/start.action
continually operating federal law enforcement agency.
It’s a free online application allowing the recipient to see a visual image of the
MAILBOX LOITERING mail and packages delivered by the post office daily. We use it and it works.
On February 28, 2022 at approximately 7:45 PM after arriving home from
shopping, homeowner William Bowen of Arlington Court, noticed four males Mia Winter, Director,
Neighborhood Watch Team, Keeping Our Neighborhood

Contact
Duane Smith

1+(916) 871-5587

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