Watch those mailboxes, people are stealing. Reported by a representative of City Councilman Jack Weiss last night at a Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council meeting, homes in the hills of Sherman Oaks (you know, "south of the boulevard," as they say) are falling victim to mail theft. And while the immediate concern is ID theft, what is happening is that checks are being whited in the name field out and cashed by the thieves. Come tax rebate time, better hope your box has a lock!
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Not just in the hills, folks. Try the ever-lovely Valley Village. In my apartment building, all the rent checks go into a wall-mounted upright mailbox -- which was broken into last week. Somehow the management didn't notice the box was tampered with and just assumed half the tenants were late with their checks...