tell the police they broke into your house to get a credit card that you recived in the mail tell the police they broke into your house to get a credit card you recived in the mail.
No that is not what you do, you look in the front of your yellow pages and you find the number for your local postal inspectors office and you let them tell. The postal inspectors are federal agents empowered by all Federal Laws to make arrest for any kind of fraud pertaining to the postal system.
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Tampering with someone else's mail is a federal offense.
It's not a "crime" to accuse someone of opening mail if it is accompanied by proof or probable cause that they were doing it. However, it IS a violation of US Postal Regulations (a federal offense) to open mail belonging to someone other than the addressee.
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how do i report mail tampering and who to. is there a laws against mail tampering
There are many things that could happen when you are unauthorized to open up someone's mail. You could get fined a large sum of money.
In theory, yes, but how likely are they to press charges, under the circumstances?
You might want to speak to a lawyer; and there are probably tenants' rights groups who would advise you too. Opening someone else's mail is a federal offense and is actionable by law.
If someone has opened your mail that went to their house, you should report them to the United States Postal Service Inspection Service. They will investigate and prosecute if found guilty.
Opening someone else's mail is considered a federal crime.
Not if you did it mistakenly and without a criminal intent. Take your first opportunity to return it to the carrier or the post office though.