Man Diverts Mail to Himself
Someone filed change-of-address forms with the post office to divert other peoples’ mail to himself. 170 times.
Postal Service spokeswoman Patricia Licata said a credit card is required for security reasons. “We have systems in place to prevent this type of occurrence,” she said, but declined further comment on the specific case until officials have time to analyze what happened.
Sounds like those systems don’t work very well.
Technophobe • April 17, 2006 12:30 PM
OK this guy comes off as an idiot begging to be caught. What scares the heck out of me however would be the following scenario:
ID Thief 1 steals ID from Victim A (enough to obtain a credit card). ID Thief then uses A’s credit card to redirect so that it looks as if Victim A is the culprit.
After obtaining Credit Card information for Victim B-Z, rinse lather and repeat for a third set of victims….