mail theft
Stealing delivered letters
Mail theft is the crime of stealing mail from mailboxes, post offices, or mail carriers.
It often targets checks, credit cards, or packages, and is a federal offense in the United States when involving the postal service: The neighborhood experienced a rash of mail theft around the holidays.
- larcenyUnlawful taking of goods
- porch pirateOne who steals deliveries
- tamperingImproper interference with something
- mailboxContainer for delivered mail
- privacy violationUnauthorized access to personal information
intercepted · credit card fraud · forgery · burglary · impersonation · porch · USPS · courier · account takeover · parcel tracking · return address · phishing · postal inspectors · postmark · parcels · enforcement · packages · letters
- postal problemswater damage, damaged goods
- mail crimespostal fraud, counterfeit stamps, letter bombs, porch piracy
- postalstamp, stamps, postal service, letter, letters
- postal servicespost office, stamps, delivery, packages, envelopes
- theftstealing, larceny, steal, burglary, robbery
- Property Crimesburglary, larceny, robbery, vandalism, arson
legality/criminality
mail theftmail delivery
Conveying correspondence to recipients
postal delivery · postal service · mailing · mail distribution · package delivery