The Toms River Police and United States Postal Inspection Service are investigating complaints of “fraudulent mail holds” being placed on addresses in Toms River and the surrounding communities. The unauthorized mail holds could indicate that a resident’s identity has been stolen and used to apply for credit cards in the residents’ names. Often however, the Post Office, the customer, and the various credit card companies recognize the fraud before there is a problem.
Postal Inspectors are working closely with the Toms River Police Department to investigate these possible identity thefts and fraudulent mail holds. Customers are encouraged to monitor the receipt of their mail, by retrieving it daily from the mailbox or through Informed Delivery® online. Any suspicious activity, or non- receipt of mail over a couple days should be immediately reported to your local post office, by calling 800- ASK-USPS, or reporting to USPS here under “Where is my package?”.
If you discover you are a victim of identity theft, you are encouraged to call the Toms River Police at 732- 349-0150, or file a report with the department at www.trpolice.org and select “File a Report” on the homepage. If you discover a fraudulent mail hold was placed on your address, please file a complaint with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service at www.uspis.gov/report or calling 877-876-2455.
The Postal Inspection Service and the Toms River Police Department take it seriously when somone uses the mail to commit crimes, including trying to steal peoples’ identity. Using the mail to steal someone’s identity could subject the actor to serious federal or state felony charges and time in prison.
Something is wrong down there the past few days. Packages aren’t being delivered and they are saying we asked for it to be held and we didn’t. Ugh.
Tracy Ridenour yes! This happened to me too
Same here with a package I was supposed to get from Amazon.
Faizah Swallick this happened to me as well. I went there to pick it up and they said it’s an error on their part. That the package wasn’t sorted out quick enough to go into the drivers load. I don’t know why it would come up held at customer request rather than just change the delivery time.
I was waiting for a package and when I tried to track it this morning it said it was being held at my request at the Toms River post office. I tried to call the post office, but got no answer. It came in the mail today. I was so confused and now I’m reading this
that happened to me too, and i got it the next day. my mailman said theres so much mail/ so many packages now, its a nightmare.
Ive had that happen twice
Elaine Carol I’m glad to hear that, lol. I would rather it be that then someone trying to steal my identity
This just happend to me today for a package from Amazon.
I got a package last week that I tracked had been sitting in Tom’s River PO for 9 days and when I received it it had a sticker on it that said rejected???
I should have had 3 packages delivered June 7th, still waiting.
Me too, then they delivered it the next day
It’s not the carriers, it’s management!! They can’t get them ready for us on time and we have to leave for the routes! They are falsifying the scans to make Amazon and out other partners happy! If they were ready for us you’d get it!!!
Tracy Ridenour when the carriers miss a package in the truck/ or it gets missorted to the wrong route/ or they have too much to fit in the truck and not enough carriers to take out the extra stuff – they get scanned held at post office it automatically says ” at customers” request.
Pamela Malaga
Courtney Allison Newman crazzyy
Aleisa Nicole
It’s all post offices. Try calling them they don’t answer. Howell Post Office employee’s tell you they tried to deliver the package and nobody was there. That’s a lie!!
It’s not the carriers, it’s management!! They can’t get them ready for us on time and we have to leave for the routes! They are falsifying the scans to make Amazon and out other partners happy! If they were ready for us you’d get it!!!
My mail has been missing since June 9th
Tara D. Fray-Jenkins Sign up for informed delivery online through the post office site. All mail is photographed. Also lets you know what packages will be delivered and on what date.
Tara D. Fray-Jenkins wouldn’t be bad to check credit Kama as well! This is how identity theft starts!
Mark Cooper i have alerts for my credit report… so i would know….
Mark Cooper As a New Jersey resident, you are entitled to one free copy of your credit report from each of the three nationwide credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion) once a year.
Tara D. Fray-Jenkins good deal. A lot of people don’t and never find out till the damage is done
Tara D. Fray-Jenkins me too, since June 7th, still waiting.
I went to my post office and they said there is a batch of mail that was on the wrong shipment or something like that
That’s why you freeze your credit.
Michael Gogolin
Krystina Valdes joy…
Sign up for the the informed delivery from USPS. You’ll see exactly what you are getting in the mail every day. I love it!
me too- its awesome- this way i know whats on its way and what i didnt get, if anything.
Desiree Domer yessir. Awesome.
Desiree Domer make sure you read this at the bottom of the email.
Martha G Douglas yes I understand that. If I don’t see something in my mail, I usually give it a couple of days before I will mark that I didn’t get it.
Desiree Domer other than Amazon, we seem to only get junk mail. And you can track amazon on their app.
Christopher Belcher
The entire USPS should be investigated. I mailed a gift card to my daughter in Fl for Christmas. It never arrived. Now I have to make sure everything I send is insured & tracked. ????
Rich Sadowski this might be why
Having so much trouble with post office. Not getting me mail
Vanessa Joanne
Sarah Schmidt OH MY GOD.
My package I sent certified to NJLottery never made it as off 2 weeks ago. It was sent end of April and would “take 3-4 days.” Was due by May 13 or 14. It was for a prize so I missed the deadline. ????
Jesscah Williams a lot of times as long as it’s post stamped by that date.
I have had that happen too.
Andrew Billich
Ugh oh sounds like democratic voter fraud to me! No thanks I’ll vote in person!
And yet they want us to vote by mail!!??!!
This is strange how do we know if this has happened to us? Two weeks ago I didn’t receive mail for almost 1.5 weeks. Mmm….
Amanda Vaughn crazy. I live in NC now and a couple of weeks ago we didn’t receive mail for a week or so too
Bob Shields mmm this is strange I’m calling the post office tomorrow
Amanda Vaughn I kinda like not getting mail. Lol
Why are people allowed to put a stop on mail not their own? Stop that and you should stop the problem
Karen Fitzpatrick it’s done online.
George Lewis
Angel Calderon
I have had so many packages not come here. This makes sense.
Lol keep my bills thanks
They’re delivering on sundays, drivers getting triple time. My mailman was still delivering at 6pm last night.
Darlene Mattson Finne hahahaha! No they don’t get triple time. Sunday’s are for Amazon only and it’s straight pay.
Tracy Ridenour well that’s what the mailman driving the mail truck on Sunday told me??
Darlene Mattson Finne wrong! I’m a carrier and we don’t get triple time.
Darlene Mattson Finne ???????????? we do not get paid triple time!
Michael Ientile
Christine Asay Ientile
Vanessa Joanne I hope they are investigating our carrier and “missing/holding mail” issues
I haven’t been getting any mail!!!! In Brick!!!
Tricia thought this was interesting since we were just talking about you package
That’s also happened to me …. USPS tracking Said “unable to deliver” when someone was home…. finally received it 2 days later (Guess it wasn’t their size) ????
Waiting for orders since April
Mike Cittadino
This happened to one of my customers. She stopped me and asked why she wasn’t getting mail. It had been put on hold online. She also had a credit card opened in her name. I advised her to call the PD.
Can we check online if we suspect a hold was put on our mail?
Set up your own post office account so no one tries to do one in your name using their email address. Then you will receive notices if any holds are being placed to your own email address.
Alexandra this is weird considering they said the customer requested a hold on the packages that were supposed to be delivered today. ????
Michael Palombi this happens when they don’t go out on time! If you don’t get it tomorrow then I’d be concerned!
Hence, they shouldn’t have mail in votes.
John Losi
Me too!
If ya’ll keep on cryin
Then what the babies
Supposed to do then?
Oldest trick in the book. We used to do this to avoid report cards from HS getting into our parents hands….circa1980
Did you call the lottery office, you have proof it was sent. Worth a call.
It’s not the carriers, it’s management!! They can’t get them ready for us on time and we have to leave for the routes! They are falsifying the scans to make Amazon and out other partners happy! If they were ready for us you’d get it!!!
I mean, you’d think it would be simple to wait and see who picks up the held mail.
I still have a package missing from FEBRUARY that the post office, postal inspector, and consumer affairs have done NOTHING about.
Vanessa Joanne the post office is a joke… you’ll never get your $$ back
Paul warren is a loser
My package was hold in Tr post office for over a week , I had my husband’s Post master from point called in and magically was delivered next day !
Larry Blumenthal
This is the system that is supposed to handle your mail in ballot.
Joe J Kozal I hope this isn’t why you haven’t gotten a letter yet, but I feel like all of our mail would’ve been held then ????♀️
Geez. Everyone can sign up with the post office , and every single day you get an email with photos of all the mail you’ll get that day.