Postal Address Changes to Be Double-Checked
The Postal Service plans to start double confirmation of change-of-address notices.
By the end of the month, the agency will begin sending confirmation notices to both the old and new addresses of individuals who file change notices, Postmaster General Marvin T. Runyon Jr. announced.
Last fall, the post office started sending confirmation notices to people’s new addresses, along with a toll-free phone number for reporting any errors.
Now, Runyon said, notices will also go to the old address. This should help avoid fraud by people sending in change forms for others, he told the postal governing board, meeting in Phoenix on Tuesday.
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