Investigative Service for Verifying Suspicious Mail

by Curt Hall

A little more than a month ago I wouldn't have given a strange letter or package a second thought before immediately ripping it open. I sometimes receive mail that has some of the US Postal Service's suspicious signs: scribbled addresses, uneven and lopsided packaging, etc. It always turns out to be some software product or book or what-have-you that someone at some vendor or some friend of a colleague's has quickly tossed in a box or envelope for me to check out. However, as of late, I must admit that I am having second thoughts when I go to open some mail. I still open it without taking any precautions, but the thought of anthrax-tainted mail has corporate security departments, police, and average citizens eyeing suspicious packages a lot more closely these days. Here's an interesting service I've decided to pass on to readers.