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Report it to the USPS Inspection Service at uspis.gov (or to Canada Post and your local police in Canada), and file a police report. If checks or bank statements were taken, call your bank and watch for fraud. Then sign up for Informed Delivery so you get daily scans of what's supposed to arrive, and consider a locking mailbox.
Report it in two places: the postal investigators and your local police. The police report matters because banks and insurers often ask for a report number before they'll act on fraud.
| Agency | What they handle | How to reach them |
|---|---|---|
| USPS Inspection Service | Mail theft and fraud sent through the mail | File at uspis.gov |
| Local police | Theft reports and report numbers for your bank | Non-emergency line |
| Canada Post | Missing or delayed mail in Canada | canadapost.ca, then local police for theft |
| Your bank or card issuer | Stolen checks, statements, or new cards | Call the fraud line, not the general line |
Here's the part most people don't know: the USPS Inspection Service is its own federal law enforcement agency, with armed postal inspectors who investigate mail crimes full time. A mail theft report doesn't sit in a suggestion box: it goes to investigators whose entire job is this.
The most common method is "fishing": thieves lower something sticky into a blue collection box and pull mail back out through the slot. That's why postal inspectors tell people not to drop mail in a street box after the last pickup, especially overnight or on weekends, when it sits there for hours.
Home mailboxes without locks are the other classic target, particularly for checks. Thieves aren't after the check as written: they "wash" it with chemicals that erase the ink, then rewrite it to themselves for a larger amount. A stolen check with your signature, account number, and routing number is everything needed to drain the account, which is why check washing is treated as seriously as it is.
Sign up for USPS Informed Delivery (free): every morning you get an email with scanned images of the mail headed to your mailbox that day. If the scan shows a check or a bank statement and it never arrives, you know the same day instead of discovering it weeks later. Canada Post offers a similar delivery-notification setup through its app.
Watch your accounts, too. If a check you mailed never gets cashed by the payee, don't assume it got lost: call the payee and check with your bank. A washed check often shows up as a strange withdrawal before anyone realizes the original never arrived.
A locking mailbox is the single best upgrade: the carrier can drop mail in, but only your key opens it. They're inexpensive compared to one fraud incident. Beyond that: bring mail in promptly instead of letting it sit, don't raise the red flag with outgoing mail overnight (it advertises that there's mail to take), and put a hold on your mail when you travel instead of letting it pile up.
For outgoing mail with anything valuable, hand it to a carrier or drop it inside the post office rather than in a street box. And for anything truly important, registered or certified service means the item is tracked and signed for at every step, which makes it a much worse target.
Ready to mail it? Send your letter with LetterAgent: describe it to your AI assistant, approve the exact quoted price, and it's printed and mailed.
LetterAgent is a working name. Prices include print, postage, and our service fee. US prices in USD, Canadian prices in CAD (Canadian prices exclude applicable sales tax, added at checkout). Currently in private testing.
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