rjr6150
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Arrived home last Wednesday evening to find a postal change of address in my mail. They were confirming my change of address. Imagine my surprise didn't know that I had moved. There was a phone number to call if I had not requested this to which I immediately called. Appears back on 2/2/16 someone did this on line for a small fee. After speaking with postal inspectors and getting a case number they were going to investigate. The concerning think to me was they were unable to tell me where my mail was going would take them 24-48 hours.
Fast forward to Thursday am went down to our local post office at 7:30 am with LE. Spoke with the clerks in the back found out my mail was going to Albany, Or. Here is where I became a little ****** this clerk has worked there over 20 years and has known us all this time. I asked her didn't you think this strange and only my address not DW. Talk about blank look on her face. So mail stopped only issue is our sorting center is Denver so any mail coming from outside the area wouldn't even hit our town.
Now I'm in major panic mode. Called our credit monitoring service to place alerts, notified all three credit agencies to place fraud alerts for next 90 days and called all credit card companies.
Now here is where it gets interesting since retiring I've been doing part time work for the CO Judicial system and have access to many data bases that aren't available to someone outside LE.
Did a search on the address found out home was vacant and had been for little over a year. Called the broker identified myself informing him probably strangest request he had ever received. After explaining my situation he offered to head immediately over to the residence and check. Called back later had placed a note both insides the box and taped a not to outside of the box. In the mean time I'm calling the post office there again really helpful postmaster was going to drive out and catch the carrier to insure no deliveries made. Later that day after 6pm the broker called me back to say checked the home again and all notes were removed from the box. Appears someone is using this for some type scam.
At this point it's fingers crossed and monitor all activity.
Fast forward to Thursday am went down to our local post office at 7:30 am with LE. Spoke with the clerks in the back found out my mail was going to Albany, Or. Here is where I became a little ****** this clerk has worked there over 20 years and has known us all this time. I asked her didn't you think this strange and only my address not DW. Talk about blank look on her face. So mail stopped only issue is our sorting center is Denver so any mail coming from outside the area wouldn't even hit our town.
Now I'm in major panic mode. Called our credit monitoring service to place alerts, notified all three credit agencies to place fraud alerts for next 90 days and called all credit card companies.
Now here is where it gets interesting since retiring I've been doing part time work for the CO Judicial system and have access to many data bases that aren't available to someone outside LE.
Did a search on the address found out home was vacant and had been for little over a year. Called the broker identified myself informing him probably strangest request he had ever received. After explaining my situation he offered to head immediately over to the residence and check. Called back later had placed a note both insides the box and taped a not to outside of the box. In the mean time I'm calling the post office there again really helpful postmaster was going to drive out and catch the carrier to insure no deliveries made. Later that day after 6pm the broker called me back to say checked the home again and all notes were removed from the box. Appears someone is using this for some type scam.
At this point it's fingers crossed and monitor all activity.