If someone wrote their friend's address as a return address, and some random name as the recipient, and dropped it in a blue drop box without postage, would they return it to the "sender." Don't they have ways of preventing people from such fraudulent activity? Otherwise, we could all use mail for free...
2007-12-05 12:59:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Considering the weeks that it may take to get such a letter delivered back, it seems pretty stupid. The letter may get delivered, sit in someone's box erroneously, get thrown out, get returned, sit in dead letters for a week or more, get mis-sent to the return address before finally showing up. All to save 41 cents.
When long distance cost a lot more than it does now, people would call home person-to-person to themselves to let the family know they had arrived and were OK, since a person-to-person call didn't start billing until that person came on line.
2007-12-05 13:14:29 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Until the mailman started noticing a lot of returned letters going to the same address.
Postal fraud is a more serious crime then you might realize - that is what keeps it from being an issue.
2007-12-05 21:14:05 · answer #2 · answered by Barry C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you make a good point, and i've wondered about that for years
but perhaps the threat on the federal level is enough to deter most individuals
2007-12-05 22:20:18 · answer #3 · answered by Billy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you try it and let us know.
2007-12-05 21:09:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋