Three tips to prevent porch pirates from stealing your packages | USA TODAY

Waiting for packages to arrive in the mail can make you anxious, especially with the potential of porch pirates. Here are some ways to deter them.

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Reports of porch pirates, or thieves who steal packages left outside people's homes, spike during the holiday season as the volume of deliveries grow.

Over the past 12 months, 260 million packages worth $19.5 billion were stolen by porch pirates, according to data from SafeWise, a home safety research company.

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10 comments

    1. Hint: “i” before “e” except after “c”. This is mostly true but there are exceptions to this rule, like receipt.

  1. If you leave anything on your doorstep here in London, the opportunistic thief seeing this follows his motto, “If its adrift, it’s a gift”. 👀

  2. *I think inflations is causing the current situation we already have now,increments in the price of gas,and rate of unemployment is becoming inconducive.it’s obvious we are headed for hyperinflation, unfortunately having a job doesn’t mean been safe rather having multiple income streams that doesn’t depend on the government would be a great decision,*

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