Caught neighbor using my address to get packages/money from men off dating sites

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You might casually mentioned that scamming people is one thing, but that using the postal system to scam people is a whole other thing -- a fed crime kind of thing.

What's the scam here? Serious question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds fake

Agree with this. OP is friendly enough they’ve exchanged numbers, yet immediately demanded all these answers and later called to interrogate her? Neighbors don’t behave that way. If my neighbor came out to say it’s hers, I’d just hand it over and assume it was an honest mistake. Also have a hard time believing the box miraculously happened to open partially. Those boxes flowers come in are pretty solid.

I've had two neighbors on my street have this happen where someone was showing up and going through the mailbox to look for "their mail". It's illegal for someone to open your mailbox and go through the mail. I would have cameras, be confronting whomever, and calling the police. I called the police and the postal inspector when a neighbor who keeps trespassing and vandalizing my property started putting things in my mail box. They got talked to and if they do it again, it will be a serious issue.

[Anonymous]

I’d just open them up and take the stuff and deny it ever arrived. serves her right.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My neighbor has been using my address to get gift /money sent to her from men she's meeting off dating sites. The other day when I was leaving my home to go run errands. I noticed two packages at my front door. One of the packages was for me from something I had ordered. The other one had my address on it, but with another woman's name on it. For a minute I thought someone had made a mistake with the address. The package was partially opened just enough where I could see that there was flowers in the inside. I grab the box to see if it could be returned to sender and that's when the neighbor came out and told me that it belonged to her. I was baffled because the name on the box was not hers. I questioned her about it and she said it was her middle name. I then questioned her as to why the package sent to her didn't have her address on it instead it had mine. She got a little defensive and tongue twisted and said that it must've been a mistake the place who sent the flowers. I was so not believing her to the point after we parted ways I called her later to question her about it again. She continued to be defensive claiming it was a mistake and that she wouldn't use my address to receive gifts from men. The next day she called me and told me she wanted to show me proof that she had given the guy who sent the flowers her address and not mine. She said she'd come over to show me. Well it's been two days and she has not presented her evidence of proof and she has stopped answering my calls and texts. Before doing that I told her that it is dangerous for some man she has just met off the Internet to now have my address. She claimed he would not do anything to me because he was hundreds of miles away.. I told her that she needed to get a PO Box so that this wouldn't happen again. I know she's meeting men off of the Internet and now I am wondering how long has this been going on. I don't want one of those guys coming after me in case she decides to ghost them. Thoughts anyone?

Is this mail fraud? I would call police and report so that if there are any repercussions then you have covered your self.

This. Report this to the police. It is also a crime for her to touch your mailbox. No one can open your mailbox and take things out other than you. People who put those annoying ads at your door know this. They get in trouble if they put anything in the mailbox.

She also has no right to trespass on your property to pick up "her mail". Tell her you don't want her trespassing on your property again. Also you are under no obligation to give her anything that ends up on your porch or in your mailbox. I would refuse to hand over anything that I receive. If this is a normal neighbor where things get delivered accidentally, I go give it to them and don't wait for them to ask about it. No problem, but this is not the same situation. She wouldn't receive a single thing that came to my address and I would definitely call the police if she touched my mailbox again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can do return to sender, note the wrong address. If you don't pick things up then the creeps will have your address and think it's correct.

Using return to sender will not fix the problem of the scammy/criminal neighbor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The year is young so many people will top this but, so far, this is the dumbest post of the year.

You're clearly someone who abuses other people's mailbox. We get you scammer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can do return to sender, note the wrong address. If you don't pick things up then the creeps will have your address and think it's correct.

Using return to sender will not fix the problem of the scammy/criminal neighbor.

What's the scam? Explain it to me like I'm five.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh the trolling.

My neighbors have experienced strangers having mail delivered to their mailboxes in the last few years. It's an issue.

[Anonymous]

A lot of drama and OP fantasy for ONE misdelivered packages

[Anonymous]

Just charge the neighbor an address rental fee, and if some suitor comes knocking, give the real address..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can do return to sender, note the wrong address. If you don't pick things up then the creeps will have your address and think it's correct.

Using return to sender will not fix the problem of the scammy/criminal neighbor.

What's the scam? Explain it to me like I'm five.

Using someone else's mailbox is illegal. Also she's using different names to receive god knows what. It's highly likely she's involved in illegal activity. You're a weirdo if you are trying to insinuate that what she's doing is legal. It isn't legal to use someone else's mailbox as your own.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can do return to sender, note the wrong address. If you don't pick things up then the creeps will have your address and think it's correct.

Using return to sender will not fix the problem of the scammy/criminal neighbor.

What's the scam? Explain it to me like I'm five.

Using someone else's mailbox is illegal. Also she's using different names to receive god knows what. It's highly likely she's involved in illegal activity. You're a weirdo if you are trying to insinuate that what she's doing is legal. It isn't legal to use someone else's mailbox as your own.

You still haven't said what the scam is. What's the scam, exactly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, just ask the post office to hold all your mail. Then go and collect your mail, once a week. That way you can use/sell/trash/donate/return the stuff that is coming to her on your address.

This is actually a great idea but what if the offender sends a package through UPS or Fedex?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, just ask the post office to hold all your mail. Then go and collect your mail, once a week. That way you can use/sell/trash/donate/return the stuff that is coming to her on your address.

This is actually a great idea but what if the offender sends a package through UPS or Fedex?

UPS and FedEx both have hold options too. Such a great plan

[Anonymous]

I'm not surprised there is a poster here implying this is no big deal. I have no doubt it is a parent who used someone else's address to get their kid in the school they wanted.