“Dear PoPville,
I mailed a check to DC Office of Tax and Revenue. The check was intercepted and altered on the payee line, paid to order of an individual. Which Law Enforcement agencies will help investigate and recover the funds? My bank is physically located in San Francisco. Thank you.”
“Dear PoPville,
This large envelope was delivered to us late last year, and even though there is no “Benjamin C. Evans” who has lived at this address (at least since 2015) and I wrote “not at this address” on the envelope, USPS sent it back to our house. I can’t help but think that there could be something of at least sentimental value inside and would love to get it to its intended recipient.”
If you know who this is or this is you, please email me at [email protected] and I’ll put you in touch with OP.
Thanks to R. for sending: “December 2020 – not sure how long ago these tenants moved out but they sure don’t live here anymore!”
Last Holiday/Christmas Card in Town is brought to you by the Friends of the White Whale Society.
Update: “got a call from a MPD detective is looking into the case. Just wanted to note they did reach out this morning.”
“Dear PoPville,
This issue started for me in October, when I woke up one Monday morning to an email from my bank saying my checking account had a low balance. But how could that be, I just got paid from my two jobs on Friday? Ultimately, a check I wrote to a nonprofit was intercepted in DC, never made it to its destination, and we didn’t know how the check got into the wrong hands.
Flash forward to 11/7, I’m working from home next to my window that faces our cluster community mailbox. There is one on my side of the street and one directly across 3rd place, both within view of my window. I happened to glance up and notice a person dressed in all black, with their hood up, and a COVID surgical mask on (solo an outside mind you) check the mail of the box on my side of the street, and then go to the other side, and check that box. I thought, why would someone have a key to two mailboxes? I then realized the person hadn’t opened a personal mailbox compartment, but the outgoing mailbox compartment where letters are placed for pick up. And they had a key. Voila – I got my answer to how my check was stolen. Read More
“Dear PoPville,
I saw the lost ashes post and thought I would add this:
Twice in the past week my packages were “delivered to reception,” but after searching everywhere possible, my concierge maintains that my building never received those packages. One of those instances was through USPS and I suspect the other was as well (USPS has messed up my deliveries several times over the past couple of years). Read More
From the Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:
“Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) met with the Chief Postal Inspector for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Gary Barksdale, to discuss mail theft in the District of Columbia and across the country. Read More
Thanks to Robyn for sharing:
“I wish I was kidding…just got a Christmas card mailed December 13, 2021. It is June 21, 2022…”
And I thought April 26th was pretty good… Read More
Thanks to Amy for sending a new record: “USPS- Nashville to DC in 2 years, 5 months, 29 days” Read More
From the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:
“Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the response she received from the United States Postal Service (USPS) to her April 28, 2022, letter about undelivered and delayed mail throughout the District of Columbia and her office’s difficulty in receiving timely responses from USPS. In its response, USPS apologized for the delays in responding to her office and said D.C. postal officials recently implemented new procedures to avoid future delays in responding, including a new platform to track congressional inquiries. The response also noted that USPS in D.C. recently made a push to substantially reduce the number of outstanding congressional cases, bringing them nearly current.
“I am pleased USPS responded to my letter on mail delivery issues and my office’s difficulties in getting responses to cases we opened on behalf of constituents,” Norton said. “When I sent the letter, my office had approximately 130 mail cases open, many of which had been open for nearly a year. We have been able to resolve and close nearly 75% of those, bringing the current total down to 26 open cases. I will be watching to ensure that USPS maintains this level of responsiveness.”
The USPS response letter follows. Read More
“Dear PoPville,
Interested to know if this is a weird fluke with my mail or a more general new problem with the local delivery system. I got this returned mail yesterday, but I’m pretty sure PEPCO puts the correct address on their payment slips, Read More
