Mailbox theft and vandalism is a reoccuring problem. Rural mailboxes often are located at great distances from houses on very lightly traveled roads. Mailbox theft is one favourite way to obtain personal information. This practice is exactly what it sounds like with perpetrators going through your personal mail and/or taking letters that belong to you. Mailbox theft typically takes some subtlety and finesse; a potential ID thief is less likely to stand in front of the box trying to jimmy it open while cars and possibly pedestrians go by.

Mail items which are not maintained in an enclosed housing are subject to damage or loss due to high winds, heat, high moisture, rain, snow, and sleet. The mailbox is designed to allow postal carriers to have quick and easy access to the central cavity 14 so they can operate efficiently, while maintaining the mail items in a condition which is safe from the external ambient weather conditions.

Mailbox security is a key issue for protection against theft of your valuable mail and identity. Many mailboxes are susceptible to thievery because of their isolated and secluded locations. Mail and packages can only be picked up by the addressee.

Postal inspectors recommend these actions to protect your mailbox and any mail that may be inside it: Immediately report mailbox theft to your postmaster. If you have information on mailbox vandalism, call the Postal Inspection Service to report it at (626) 405-1200 or fax to (626) 405-1207. Postal Inspection Service, a federal law enforcement agency within the Postal Service, is charged with enforcing federal criminal statutes governing mail. These federal statutes include such areas as mail theft, identity theft, mail fraud, prohibited mailings, and the protection of Postal Service assets and employees.

Mailboxes that require a key to get into will protect you from identity theft – as the thief simply won’t have access to your mail.

Another high tech way to catch mailbox theft is to use a hidden camera.

SECURESHOT Thermally Motion Activated, Battery Operated Mail Box Hidden Camera. The SecureShot “Yard Guard” is a new line of covert, weatherproof digital video recorders designed to protect outdoor assets and property. This is a working wall mounted mail box with a key lock. Featuring a letter slot when top is flipped up and a newspaper holder on bottom. With our exclusive copyrighted micro PIR motion activation system, there is virtually no battery drain while on standby, and no false alarms. As soon as “body heat” is detected, up to 30 feet away, hi resolution (640 X 480) video is recorded on a hidden SD card.

Recording continues until 1 minute after motion ceases, then unit automatically returns to standby mode. Rechargeable high capacity Li-ion battery offers 1 year of standby operation and over 20 hours of actual recording per charge. Recordings can be played back to TV/VCR directly from unit, or SD card can be removed and played on your PC with included USB SD card reader.

It has No Battery Drain” Standby System and a 1 Year Standby Battery Power with 20 Hours Recording Per Charge. The 450 LOR HI Res Color Sony CCD is PIR Motion Activated with Time/Date Stamp for solid evidence.

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