Throwing Away Someone Else's Mail Is A Felony - Here's How To Get Rid Of It Legally
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- Sick of opening up your mailbox only to find mail for the people who used to live there? Here's how to stop it - write "Return to Sender" on the mail, or "No longer at this address." Also, mark out any bar codes. Then pop back into a mailbox. The piece will come up as undeliverable and will be hand-inspected.
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I will be going personally to the post office because I have soooooo much mail it's crazy.
Thank you.
How many of you here should actually be serving prison time? LMAOOOOO
Lmaoo
Yepp
None of us... There should be a way to fix this system. And companies should get off their lazy asses and update their mailing list regularly. I shouldn't still be getting mail for someone else that is deceased at my home address (their former address).
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If this were taken seriously I'd be serving a LIFE sentence...
This is what bothers me, not taking an action, should never be illegal. I shouldn't have to go through the trouble of returning a letter to the post office. If it pops up in my post office and isn't mine, I shouldn't have to do anything with it. Making it illegal to throw away mail that was delivered to you by mistake is unconstitutional.
No it's not. It's obstruction of communication. So it's your response to be proactive with every piece of mail in your mailbox to ensure the intended person gets their mail, makes society better as a whole.
@@benjisisler2579 Society is not my responsibility. I don't care about you or anyone else nor do I have any obligation to do so.
@@benjisisler2579 no I think I’ll just keep ripping his mail. Got his Medicaid check last week and threw it out without hesitation I’ve told this man to change his address many timws
@@now192002I understand you, at the same time though, guaranteed if its your mail gone missing you will be crying the blues to society to get it back somehow. Your blatant disregard of others through your comment tells us all we need to know about you being a selfish disrespectful human.
definitely just open it then throw it away. if we all do it they can't arrest everyone
Write all that junk on it and then take it to a mail box to get it inspected. Notice it didn't even claim that there would be a resolution. You'll still get that stupid mail.
I just, hypothetically speaking, throw it away.
that is to much work I will just tear it up and throw it away.
You're going to jail now! (Bus driver meme)
I wish I knew this before. I still have 2 years left in prison.
Did you go to jail because of opening someone else's mail?
@@atayahibooker8224 he's joking lmao
Didn't say that burning the mail was illegal lol
WOOOOORD
RTS doesn’t work where I live. I have sent a dozen letters back, and they always keep ending up in my mailbox. I go to the post office and explain it to the postmaster with a promise they will resolve it only to find the same letters in my mailbox 2 days later. I must have sent the same letters out five times already. The oldest letter I currently have is from April.
I have contacted him through the neighbors, the real estate agent, and his lawyer, and he refuses to change his address because I think he’s trying to hide from paying child support. I have a stack of letters for him in a drawer that is 3lbs. I’m burning all his letters this weekend, but keeping his Christmas cards on the mantle out of spite.
You handle this issue with precision pettiness! Hats off to you!
My favorite...you write RTS and the it shows back up label " resident" capital one does that.
ill just throw it away
PartTimeZombie No then you might not be able to protect yo fat mama from the hungry full time zombies!
Austin Testa nice
Doesn't work. Putting "return to sender" or "person NEVER lived at this address", only seems to generate more the next day. We've lived at this address for over 35 years! Was told by our Idiot Postal Carrier (that's his name) that he couldn't do anything about it because it was computer generated, so there is NO actual person inspecting the address. There is just a computer that slaps a yellow "incorrect" sticker on it misdirecting it to my mailbox. Yesterday, I received the man's W2 form. I did mail it to his employer with a note asking him to please get this fixed. Today we get their Water/Sewer and Garbage bill and a card saying that his children are out of compliance with vaccines and their Macy's bill. Tomorrow I'm off to the USPS to file an official complaint. Wish me well.
its been 3 years. are you okay?
Yea, definitely throw it away. No doubt about it.
No one ever actually* gets charged with an F on their card from throwing away mail.
what are you in for
I'm in for opening my friends mail
I only recieve mail about once a week. Takes effort but worth it in the long run. I opted out of junk mail. I called the companies directly sending old residents mail.
hahah imagine being locked up at a maximum security prison just because you opened someone else's junk mail thinking it was yours?...that would be FUNNYYYYYYYYYY
Well, first and foremost, she wouldn’t go to a maximum security prison for opening someone’s mail
@@dhdhdhdbbthomoline8860 mr. obvious HAHAHAHAH
The police just showed up to my door 2 hours ago talking about have you been receiving documents, we are investigating possible iden theft, man I’ve been looking for any mail that’s not mine for hours idk what to do next 😭
Yeah, I know of a couple people who are about to have charges brought against them.
Lies
I have been getting someone else's mail at my PO box for 4.5 years. It is bills from US Cellular and spectrum. I have marked return to sender on the envelope. I have written notes on the envelope saying that that person is not at this address. I have talked with the post office repeatedly. I have called the companies (who say they can't do anything without his account number which I don't have bc it's illegal for mE to actually open the envelopes ) what should I do?
I've had a similar problem for several years now. I recently wrote "not at this address" - return to sender and placed it in the blue mail box and somehow, miraculously it managed to come back to the house. It's infuriating honestly.
hold the envelope up to a bright light and try to read it
Open the envelopes. Call the company. Say you are the person. Tell them you want to change your address.
I use it as bird cage liner. Clean up is breeze!!
How would anyone know I've thrown it away?
They will have to prove it
this is unenforceable...
5 years in prison lol. let's try a more believable scare tactic. I'd believe $100 fine
voltzilla how is $100 scary?
Miranda Berry Ever lived a life on minimum wage???
Miranda Berry What don't you get? it's $100 fine for tossing someone else mail in the trash. Do you park in red zones cuz a parking ticket ain't a thing?
$100.00 Just because you open someone else's mail????!!! (By accident???) I don't know if it scary??? But if your making minimum wage (Even is Minimum wage is like $14.00/h that's just under a days pay. So???) Not insignificant!
how could anyone PROVE beyond a reasonable doubt you opened or threw away anything?? Unenforceable...
They did not mention what happens if they incinerate the mail
File a complaint with the Inspector General
This is like an old-fashioned way of unsubscribing from the e-mail list.
that is bull shit.. I've taken mail to the post office.. And watch them through it away..... saying we don't send any thing back to the sender..
If its junk mail i throw it away. If it looks important i write RTS and leave it for the mailman to pick up.
Benjamin Burkhardt but you would want the same courtesy extended to you.
I've actually delivered it to the right address before.
This has happened to me for three years when I got a P.O. Box. I kept getting mail from the last occupant of the P.O. Box and I kept giving their mail back to the front desk. For three years the employees of the post office were just too damn lazy to do anything about it. Still I kept getting the mails from the last occupants but they are all mostly junk mail.
The P. O. employees should go to jail for mishandling your mail.
I guess I committed federal offense
I feed it to my dog.
i once open someone elses mail and found a check for 62 cents
My mom and my sister committing straight felonies trying to hurt me 😂
They’re jealous I didn’t stay. I didn’t stay home, I didn’t stay sad. I didn’t stay fat. I didn’t stay addicted
Im mad i just received someone else's mail today for the first time
I just put it on top of my mailbox
Thank you thank you thank you. I truly appreciate your video.
I'd like to see a video about all those calls I get from other numbers about the previous owner and stuff like that
Oh thank God. Lol. I was worried I messed up. I wrote return to sender. Next time I'll block out that bar code tho lol. Thanks for the great video.
Just bring it to them
It doesn't matter how many times I write "return to sender" it doesn't work. I throw it away.
I've had this issue too. I even left a note on the mailbox stating no one but this person lives at this address. But oh well.
You can't just throw away a bill that is addressed to your address! Your power/gas or whatever will be cancelled.
My postal mail person put them back into my box. They had return to sender. Then I added, Please do not put them back into my mailbox. So far so good.
What about mail that comes to my box for my deceased parent? I write deceased on it....and they still send it...same companies. I'm gonna try this.
I know someone that said "However, if you accidentally open the letter because you were to lazy to check that your utility bill IS YOURS, put the contents in the letter, seal it, and shred it." - (someone I know, or don't.)
I wish the person that lived here before me would forward their address because I still get piles of their mail even their damn taxes showed up at my house
This previous resident feels entitled to my mail box while he and his girlfriend drift from place to place. He started a fight with me and the neighbor when I was going to get his mail for him. He shouts from the car “check for my mail” I said “yeah I know” and he shouts “What??” and then he and his girlfriend come at me and the neighbor. The cop was a prick to us too. He was bias saying I must have deserved it. Pure trash. I’m still getting their mail. The fact that I can go to prison for throwing their mail away is insanity. I told the post office and they said there is nothing they can do about it. So one day a lady comes to my door asking me if I’m still receiving their mail. I said yes and she took care of it. But I’m still receiving some of her mail.
"What are you in for?" "I'm a mass murder, man...I'll mess you up." "What are you in for?" "STEP OFF MAN!" "I opened some else's mail." "Okay..Okay, man...be cool." "This guy showers alone!" "He opened someone else's mail." (By accident.)
my postmaster told me to throw mail out from someone trying to use my address for welfare... he said dont open it and stop leaving it on store shelves
I shred it, regardless
Yea smh I’m not doing this to every piece of mail I get from them I’m def just going to throw it away sorryyyy
If a person ever went to jail for five years for opening Mail, I would be laughing so hard because there’s more violent crimes out there with less punishment. Are you kidding me?
I tried those methods countless times and I'm still recieving mail from 2 different people.
Ok, so I got an express UPS, urgent mail for the previous person that lived in our house. It was his credit card! After googling that throwing away mail is a felony ,(who knew!?) I called UPS. The lady was asking me for this guys card #! I said I was not comfortable giving this person’s card number away, and with an attitude she told me to throw it out! So I’m confused about this. We’re still holding on to this letter but I also researched and found this guys number and called! I explained the situation on a vm, so hopefully he calls my husband and I back. Has anyone experienced this??
UPS is UNITED PARCEL SERVICE and can't put anything in your mailbox. was a certified letter?
actually if it's mailed to your address you can open it or do whatever you want with it.
*Wrong*
correct!
use as toilet paper then flush. can't indict without evidence
Same applies if you receive others people’s mail in your home address mail box. Because I receive a lot from other people either because they have the same last name or just for no real reason.
And the post office used to have a commercial that isf it is placed in your mailbox it is yours. had an Eskamo gettting a fan. so when did these laws change
I've been opening other people
mails in my mail box for my entire life, how come I never get into prison? That's because I told no one. What stupid video is this lmao
I just throw them away if it's not mines.
Could you just leave the mail in the mailbox when you don't renew a lease and move?
I threw it in the snow without reading it. I shredded the other letters as well
did u know i honestly don't care... i'll throw it away regardless
if it's in my mailbox, i have a right to open it/throw it away!
No u don't. But we all do it.
Check it out. Rain and sleet may not stop them, but let's see them get by... these bricks!
I've opened up the wrong mail several times since I just grab it & open it without looking at it ... What can yah do?! Oh well!. However, I received a pkg and I have no idea where it came from or even how it was delivered. It was sent to someone else at my address. Never heard of the person. The label has no info on that. It does have a TBAxxxxxxx # on it and It shows WND1. I tried UPS and Fed-Ex, but it's not theirs. Does anyone know?
then it should also be a felony and not forward your address.
Whoever made this video shall be fined for $1000xxxx & jailed for false news, misleading infos, conspiring fears, etc. Lmao
What happens when it is delivered out of state or province to an address that is vastly different to the proper target, like being in french, postal code G3#-### not E1#-### where I live? It is scary that Canada Post pays carriers well over $30 per hour @ 50 hours per week which is around $80,000 for illiterates who can't read an address!
I keep getting mail and Amazon stuff and the owners live across the fuckn st idk why they use my address but should I just keep the stuff why cnt they use theirs what’s the big deal
Why mark out car code ?
Because they have a reader for delivery. If it doesn't read, they are forced to actually read the envelope instead of simply scanning it.
landlord gave fraudulent advice and post office said it will just keep arriving. And I call SHENANIGANS!
I have dione all the above this does not work my local postal service does not care.
says tech insider but on business insider
No we gave it to the correct address like good ol people
Don't throw it away just shred it they'll never know then
if it has your address on it, then it's basically yours... you can do what you want with it...
Absolutely false... But ur pretty safe from anything happening.. unless ur blackmailing them cuz of info u learned or cashing checks.
whoops..