What is more troubling than that, is the fact that the number of address fraud complaints filled each year, is at a little over 17,000. The statistics are troubling over 700 changes of address completed every year are fraudulent.

That is due to the $1 verification charge that the USPS website will enable, to verify your information and bank account. So there is no way that someone across the world can complete such a process off of their computer. The good news is, the only way for someone to complete a change of address successfully without you being notified of it, is offline. All they need essentially, is your name and street address they’ll handle the rest… What is troubling, is the ease with which someone can request a change of address without your knowledge. That means that all credit card information, your social security number (etc.) are now at their hands to use as they wish. They will simply fill out the 1583 form and have all mail redirected from your address to their address. Going in person to a post office location is the easiest way for someone to follow through with this form of identity theft. The way this works is, individuals with bad intentions will complete a USPS change of address without the resident’s agreement.

It is the illegal and unauthorized request to change someone’s mailing address, without their consent. Today we will be discussing address fraud a growing plague that is the leading contributing factor responsible for mail theft. There will always be people, with illicit motives trying to take advantage of a widow or other vulnerable members of society, given the opportunity. As humans we may have been around for a while, but one thing that seems to have not ended, is fraud.

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