Mail Theft is crazier than you think
I don't know the best way to say this, and believe me I have tried many different ways.
Mail theft is kinda slept on, and not in a good way. walk with me
The mail carrier starts his day off on his route, and he knows that every locked box he comes across can be opened with his key. The "arrow" key.
Cluster mail boxes, blue drop boxes, wall mail panels, package lockers. They all use a lock called the "arrow" lock. Together, the arrow lock and key form the backbone to the USPS delivery method.
You might hear stories on the news talking about a gang of dudes jumping on a mail carrier and stealing his "master key" .....they always call it that. Or hear stories about someone stealing a key, an inside job maybe.
What you don't hear on the news is that criminals have been making their own "master key" for years. They didnt have to jump a mail man to do it either. They cut their own keys...
Think about that for just a second.....
Criminals have learned to cut their own arrow key so they can gain access to all the things the mail carrier has access to. 1 key. So now the theft looks a whole lot different, almost invisible.
Mail theft is a nexus for the criminal underworld. Fraud, identity theft...you don't need me to tell you what all is behind those locked boxes. It's important shit, some of the most important shit.
But when was the last time you saw a news story talking about mail theft that mentioned the locks being compromised?
Its not because they don't know its happening, they know its happening for sure. The arrow lock was made like before world war 2, yet they used it to lock up all your personal shit.
I could talk about this for days, but the bottom line is this....if you receive your mail in any of the above ways, id think about getting a p.o box