Mail thieves nabbing credit cards and checks daily despite USPS security efforts. How to protect your mail and finances

Every day, one in four Americans falls victim to mail theft — even though the United States Postal Service has been promising a crackdown. Many are repeat victims, like Denver resident Karen Hagans, who told CBS Colorado that her mail disappears almost daily (1). “If you didn’t go get your mail the minute it was delivered, you couldn’t trust that it was there,” she said. Hagans' mail is delivered to a cluster mailbox, easily accessed with a master key — or copy of one. That's one of the challenges the ...