getting your mail while moving around

BarbaraOK wrote:

C-Bears wrote:
Here are my problems with mail services. I don't want another group of strangers having access to my personal mail. I don't want some stranger opening, scanning, or reading my mail. The only person touching my mail is going to be the mailperson and my son.

Every time you turn on the news you hear about Target or some large retailer having their computer system hacked and everyone's credit card information put at risk.

We limit our debit card and credit card usage in an attempt to cut down on the possibility of identify theft. We sure don't want to give a whole group of strangers access to our mail everyday.

Well no one opens our mail but us. You don't have to use a service that opens, scans & reads your mail. We've been using Escapees for 8 years and are very happy with it. Not any different than having the mail person carrying it - they receive, sort and stick it in your bin until you call/email and ask for your mail to be forwarded to xyz. And I don't want my child opening my mail, nor would I dream of imposing upon her (or any other relative) to have to receive, shred the junk mail, and forward it whenever I wanted. She's going to have to take care of us later when we can't do it for ourselves.

Computer systems being hacked have nothing to do with the mail. In fact, all of our financial dealings are done online.

Barb

There are thousands of credit card scams and check writing scams that are started everyday by taking someone's mail. It is the oldest most common method of personal fraud. It doesn't have to be some computer wizard sitting in front of a bank of laptops hacking into a large retail chain store's system.