They removed the checks from the envelopes and crudely erased the names of the payees. Taidgh Barronīut somehow, thieves “fished” my letters out of a mailbox on Sixth Avenue and 47th Street near the Diamond District. The mailbox New York Post investigative reporter Isabel Vincent on 6th Avenue had mailed two checks from.

The new mailboxes, which feature a hairline opening for mail, and “teeth” under the thin slot, are supposed to prevent thieves who drop sticky objects or mousetraps attached to strings to pull up letters. This is not supposed to happen with the new theft-proof collection boxes the USPS installed over the last year in the five boroughs to prevent a rash of thefts. Last year, police in Queens arrested a crook who “fished” 346 checks out of a mailbox worth more than $400,000. Postal Service mailbox in midtown Manhattan to mail two checks that never reached their destination. Last month, I used a state-of-the art U.S. I was the victim of a “fishing” expedition, and it cost me nearly $1,500.

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