On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:44:16 +0100, Richard Faulkner
wrote:

Hi,

I live in a flat where the letterboxes are a bank of 7 at the front
door. They all have normal letterbox flaps but the mail falls into a
fairly shallow box and is easily removed from outside.

Some of my mail is being stolen from my letterbox - before I get to it,
and I am reasonably sure that someone is having a go at identity theft
or similar.

The simplest answer would be 7 new letterbox fronts, (i.e. the flaps +
surrounds), which are too narrow to get fingers through, and with a lip
on the inside so the letters fall below the lip.

I can find lots of normal letterbox flaps, but none that are narrow, nor
with the security lips.

Any ideas??

Hi,

How about a cover with a Yale lock over the letterboxes. This could be
released in the evening after people have collected their mail and
then closed by the postman in the morning when the letters are
delivered.

Or have a switch on the cover which activates a loud buzzer, to alert
people it has been opened, which may deter a potential thief.

Or have each letterbox feeding a chute if there is space.

Anyway with a carefully placed CCTV camera you may be able to get some
ID on who is stealing the mail, esp used in conjunction with the
second option.

cheers,
Pete.