My landlord recently told me that she had several certified letters which were addressed to me. when i questioned her as to why she would have received my mail, she said perhaps it was due to the fact that she used to live at my address and they may have mistakenly forwarded the letters to her. She then explained that she didn’t know they were mine until she signed for them at the post office. She returned them to me and it seems they may have been tampered with. After discussing this with the local post office manager, he explained that the post office never forwardes certified letter notices and provided me with copies of her electronic signature along with her notation where she listed my address — not her address. Clearly she lied about her address. She is in the midst of a foreclosure — I’ve been receiving many letters addressed to her from solicitors relative to the foreclosure which i have been returning to sender. About two weeks ago, the soliciation letters abruptly stopped. I checked with the post office to be sure she did not recently submit a change of address — she did not. I believe she may have either gone through my mail box and extracted anything that looked like official mail relative to her foreclosure or she personally asked the mail carrier to forward any mail to her coming to my address. the postal manager suggested I file a police report and a report with the postal inspector. A rather lengthy explanation but i need to know if I’m going to be wasting my time since I’m sure she will cover her story at every angle.
Posted On: Jun 21st, 2009 at 11:51 am
Certified mail can only be signed for by the addressee, or by a person named on the little salmon colored card they leave you if you are not home.
If she signed for it then she intercepted that card, put her name on it as a person authorized to pick up your certified mail, and then signed your name to it.
Richard
Posted On: Jun 21st, 2009 at 11:51 am
Go back and contact the Postal Inspector and explain what happened. The post office should not have delivered the certified mail matter to your landlord. Certified letters can only be signed for my the person it was addressed to. The U.S. Postal Service Inspector should be able to explain or investigate the incident(s) of certified mail addressed to you being delivered to another person (your landlord). You failed to say what kind of certified mail that your landlord signed for and opened. If it is legal matters, the postal inspector still have the duty to give you answers.