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t-poke t1_j6om7rr wrote

Is there evidence that this is actually happening, or is this one of those urban legends the media makes up to scare people, like poisoned Halloween candy?

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WithinN0rmalLimits t1_j6opfqq wrote

I happened to me and several others in my neighborhood. The police department even told me they were investigating the local post office because they were getting a lot of reports and they thought it was a rogue postal worker stealing the checks

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Pretend_Freedom_8308 OP t1_j6omxw9 wrote

That's a good question. I have heard from two different local news sources (one is the local NPR station, the other I don't remember specifically but it was as trustworthy as any news source is these days) that this crime is "on the rise" but it doesn't say if that means 3 people out of a million were affected this month instead of just 2, or if it's now as bad as catalytic converter thefts or something.

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