My blogger friend at Kingfisher Cove has had her identity stolen and is in the midst of trying to get out from underneath the crap that has ensued. Having this happen to me is one of my fears. We have had a locked mailbox for a couple of years and that helps. I would urge everyone to get one. I always post things with personal info or checks at the post office, never from my own box.
Isn't it sad that we have to worry about this sort of thing. It is a real problem in Portland and I know the problem is spreading and infecting the whole country. Hopefully, you are all protecting yourselves...just read the Kingfisher Cove post and you will want to...
Down here they say it is traceable to the rise in meth-related crime. It seems quite organized. I know I don't do enough.
Posted by: Inkling | Tuesday, February 06, 2007 at 07:21 PM
oh my this is really bad news!
Posted by: isay | Sunday, February 04, 2007 at 02:26 AM
Hi! Are you sure it was through the mail, how aout that whole TJMaxx security break in?
Posted by: monicalee | Saturday, February 03, 2007 at 12:29 PM
It is really an epidemic, and not just from mailboxes. I am terrified of it also. It has happened to friends, and it IS a nightmare. We also have a locking mailbox, but I am still nervous about it.
Posted by: Margaret | Friday, February 02, 2007 at 08:36 PM
It's a scary thing to even contemplate.
Posted by: Barbara W. Klaser | Friday, February 02, 2007 at 08:25 PM
how awful! my partner in business had this happen too and it is no picnic. I hope that she gets to the bottom of it ... soon!
Posted by: susan | Friday, February 02, 2007 at 05:11 AM
oh god-- we are just about to switch to a real post box (locked!) but still I am concerned . . . gah.
Also, re puppy business-- we have had excellent results with all three dogs using crate training-- we never did the whole newspaper in the house. Basically, at night she is in a crate. When she gets up in the morning-- we take her outside immediately and as she pees we say "Good Pee" emphasizing the word pee when she pees, the word POO when she poos. She had less than five wet accidents in the house and two poops and that was it-- she knows to ask. Getting them to recognize the word is key so that if it is cold or rainy you aren't standing out there waiting-- when she hears that word, she drops. also, LOTS of praise when she pees and poos-- and a bisucuit. I highly recomend the tv show Dog Whisperer-- he is fantastic although I guess he never really deals with potty training also-- "Katz on Dogs" by Jon Katz if you don't know it you will love it.
Posted by: Elizabeth | Friday, February 02, 2007 at 05:10 AM
Oh, how awful! I hope your friend is able to sort everything out soon; what a nightmare.
Posted by: tinker | Friday, February 02, 2007 at 01:25 AM
WOW! scary!!! So far this hasn't happen here in Japan...we just have problems with con artists taking advantage of the elderly....oh, yeah, that problem exists in the States, too, doesn't it...my dad almost got taken in!
Posted by: Leslie | Friday, February 02, 2007 at 12:17 AM