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This week, Yonkers Police Sgt. Dean Politopoulos issued an alert on behalf of the department warning of mailbox fishing, which is when “unscrupulous individuals use a sticky substance or adhesive on a lead to pull mail out of a mailbox.”
In the alert, Yonkers police issued some common sense advice to help residents avoid becoming victims of the scam:
- Consider transferring money via other methods;
- Drop mail containing checks directly at the Post Office or hand it directly to your mail carrier;
- If you use a mailbox, deposit the mail as close to the scheduled pick-up time as possible;
- When writing a check use a pen with pigmented ink that cannot be erased;
- If you see any suspicious activity around mailboxes, call the police.
Anyone who sees or suspects suspicious behavior can contact the Yonkers Police Department at (914) 377-6923.
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