Change of Address? USPS Will Confirm

Address Changes

I believe the identify verification that is required to change an address is very appropriate and that it is sent to both addresses is a excellent idea to monitor the change.

I am going to change my address online and I feel very confident that this process will be handled in a very professional manner. Therefore,the chance of an identity fraud will not happen.

Thank you.

Barb Prior of @ Sep 21, 2008 17:39:02 PM

online change of address

There are definately some bugs that need to be worked out with this system. I filed Two change of address forms online , payed for both of them and only one went thru. I still have to use my former name for some business pruposes and my credit card that USPS REQUIRES as proof of identity is in my former name; however that is not that change that went thru. How's that foe protecting our identity?

of NE @ Sep 21, 2008 06:47:55 AM

need to change address

is good to have thes cervise

luis gonzalez of CA @ Jul 25, 2008 13:06:45 PM

My Parents

Someone put in a fraudulant change of address for my relative. He filled out the change of address form with my fathers name, etc and then signed a false name on the form. The two names DIDN'T even match and the postal service never caught it. The forwarding address ntoification didn't even get to my relative until this person had been receiving his mail for 6 days... Also, the letter and envelope my relative received from the postal service was not dated anywhere. I am very disspaointed in the US postal service. They need to better monitor these change of address' requests. There were clearly two different names on the change of address forms and it was never caught... extremely scary!!!!

of MI @ Apr 22, 2008 08:12:10 AM

My husband went down to our local post office to change our address a few months ago when we moved into a new home. They did not ask him for any form of identification. We found that very scary.

Sandra of FL @ Mar 08, 2008 00:32:42 AM

Kimberly Palmer

In answer to Gail's question: I would recommend contacting USPS through their website or number (both are listed in the story) and explaining the situation.

Kimberly Palmer of @ Feb 29, 2008 14:17:00 PM

Totaly deficient.

A signature is a completely false sense of security. There is ZERO authentication in a signature. No accountability.

If/when letters are mailed to both addresses, its usually much after mail is already being diverted. And I've seen them mailed as late as 30-45 days.

Your article seems to champion USPS's position and it should be tearing it down.

Their process is entirely deficient.

This is a fundamentally flawed system based on the honor system. Like we are all sheep and there are no wolves.

I dont believe its at 1 percent either. Even if it is, its a big hole that isnt being fixed.

Robert Siciliano of MA @ Feb 28, 2008 12:22:48 PM

My Responses

I am not sure what the first commenter is referring to re: complete research; I was simply answering a reader's question in this post.

Re: Robert's comment. As it says in the post, before the sentence quoted, a letter is sent to the original address, as well. And the identity verification for the mailed-in forms is the signature. Since this can be forged, the verifications are sent to both the new and old addresses.

Kimberly Palmer of @ Feb 28, 2008 12:13:17 PM