Residents told to check deliveries after Royal Mail post boxes stolen in Leeds

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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Residents of a Leeds suburb have been told to check if their mail was delivered after a number of post boxes were stolen.

Two Royal Mail boxes were taken from Kenworthy Close and Holt Park Road in Holt Park.

Another post box has been stolen from Queenswood Drive, Kirkstall.

In a post on social media, West Yorkshire Police said: "If you used either of these mailboxes in the days preceding 4 and 5 June, you may wish to contact the recipient to ensure your letter was delivered."

Local resident Jan Stubbs said: "I can't believe our post box has gone. It's a crime against everyone who lives here. We're seeing people walk to post letters every day and having to break the news to them."

[kazardaimenu]

Must be a right shithole if people are nicking post boxes.

[Mr Rush]

Must be a right shithole if people are nicking post boxes.

They'll be hoping to swipe bank statements or credit cards, that sort of thing. There were some news stories maybe five years ago about organised criminals installing wallmount letter boxes at addresses in order to ensnare their personal information. Once we'd walked up and obligingly put the letters in, they'd return to lift it with the addressee none the wiser that they'd been compromised. A GDPR violation if ever I saw one.

Now if this were the US you'd be looking at federal charges for tampering with a mailbox.

[ted_e_bear]

Must be a right shithole if people are nicking post boxes.

Must be a right shithole if people are nicking post boxes.

They'll be hoping to swipe bank statements or credit cards, that sort of thing. There were some news stories maybe five years ago about organised criminals installing wallmount letter boxes at addresses in order to ensnare their personal information. Once we'd walked up and obligingly put the letters in, they'd return to lift it with the addressee none the wiser that they'd been compromised. A GDPR violation if ever I saw one.

Now if this were the US you'd be looking at federal charges for tampering with a mailbox.

The article is about active Royal Mail postboxes being stolen, rather than postboxes on folks houses, those cast iron types like in the photo, they get sold on for quite a lot to people that use them for their home postboxes.

[Basildon Bond]

The article is about active Royal Mail postboxes being stolen, rather than postboxes on folks houses, those cast iron types like in the photo, they get sold on for quite a lot to people that use them for their home postboxes.

But you cannot get anything other that floppy letters and flats into the things! Try getting a Radio Times through the slot - it is not happening. You have to fold the mag and then it hits the back wall and will not bend round. Looks cool. Totally impractical in real life.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Red Post Boxes for wedding is a niche market. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=red+p ... s-wiz-serp