CINCINNATI (WKRC) — An effort by the U.S. Postal Service to thwart criminals is causing an unfortunate side effect for some customers. A new version of the "big blue postal box" is designed to ...

MAIL THEFTS FROM USPS BLUE BOXES The Indian Hills Police Department is investigating several crimes that originate from mail stolen from USPS blue boxes in the area, primarily those located at ...

USPS said before using the blue box, you should check the collection times listed. Never place mail into the box after the last collection for the day to ensure the mail isn't left sitting overnight.

CINCINNATI (WKRC)— In 2022, there have been more than 100 robberies and thefts of blue USPS mail drop boxes in Cincinnati, according to the U.S. Postal Service. The trend is concerning ...

Some of the boxes there didn’t have the new lock, so they got the sign. Now those boxes are gone. The ones remaining do appear to have newer locks when you look at the back of them.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – If you’ve dropped any mail in a USPS blue box lately, you may want to ensure it got to where it was going, especially if it was a check. A number of people in Irondequoit and ...

The West Carrollton Police Department on Friday reported three separate thefts between Jan. 1 and Jan. 6 in which checks written out in large amounts were stolen out of the blue drop boxes at the ...

WE’VE TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND IT’S HAPPENED AGAIN. MAIL STOLEN FROM THOSE USPS BLUE MAILBOXES IS THIS TIME RIGHT IN FRONT OF A POST OFFICE IN NEWTON. AND WE’VE HEARD OF SOME INSTANCES ...

USPS uses a network of nearly 140,000 blue collection boxes nationwide, and the theft of one of the boxes is rare, said Williams. “It’s not a frequent occurrence,” she said.

A new version of the "big blue postal box" is designed to combat a relatively new scam, but it's delivering headaches to those who use them. The scam is called mail-fishing.