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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/28\/lawmakers-bipartisan-usps-address-fraud\/<\/a><\/br> A group of bipartisan lawmakers has called on the U.S. Postal Service to strengthen its internal processes to reduce change of address fraud<\/a>, which each year allows fraudsters to redirect thousands of people\u2019s mail, including bills, checks and bank statements.<\/p>\n U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ, 5th) and other House lawmakers want USPS to make it more difficult for fraudsters to hijack a person\u2019s mail by ensuring USPS verifies the identity of the person submitting the change of address request.<\/p>\n In the bipartisan letter<\/a> to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a Trump administration appointee who oversees USPS, the House lawmakers are also pushing USPS to allow anyone the ability to freeze an address change, just as someone would freeze their credit report to prevent fraud.<\/p>\n \u201cChange of address fraud is costing our families millions of dollars and it\u2019s costing trust in their local post office. Unfortunately, because of an egregious lack of oversight and action at the post office, far too many residents have to worry that they could be the next victim of change of address fraud,\u201d said Rep. Gottheimer in a presser on Monday.<\/p>\n
\nLawmakers call on USPS to combat surge in \u2018change of address\u2019 fraud<\/br>
\n2023-03-28 21:53:33<\/br><\/p>\n