See your incoming mail - USPS Informed Delivery

[Dave_5280]

This free service from the U.S. Postal Service takes pictures of your mail every day and mails the pictures in an email message every morning before you receive the mail that day. You can sign up at the postal service’s web site.

 

[Chauncey Gardener]

This free service from the U.S. Postal Service takes pictures of your mail every day and mails the pictures in an email message every morning before you receive the mail that day. You can sign up at the postal service's web site.

We have our mail sent to a PO BOX. This service saves me from making the trip when there's nothing important arriving. 👍 👍

 

[ilikeguns40]

Yup, it’s what I have. I live back a long driveway so sometimes this helps me decide wether to go get the mail or not haha

 

[this_is_nascar]

Yep, been around for several years now. You should actually do it, because there are no stop gaps for allowing anyone to sign up using your address.

 

[bykfixer]

I received a message from a friend recently asking if I'd sent him a package. I said "no, why?" He said he'd received an email saying there was a package that was stuck and to please confirm. Another friend said he had received a similar message via text. They both have alerts set up.

If you mail a package via USPS or anybody else for that matter or have one enroute then sign up for alerts, how do you know if your message is legit?

If said delivery company does not have your email or phone number you'll know at a glance it's not legit. That's why it's not nessecarily a good idea to sign up for alerts. It's not difficult to check the status via tracking number. And will all of the rampant cyber crime out there, why take that chance?