Have you received an unexpected package lately? It might be from Amazon, Home Depot, or any other retailer you can think of. While receiving an unsolicited package might seem like a pleasant and cost-free surprise, it’s important to keep in mind that nothing truly comes...
Retailers are offering new delivery options designed to ensure that packages reach their intended recipients — and don’t fall into the hands of enterprising thieves called porch pirates. Amazon, for instance, unveiled a way for eligible members of its Prime program to receive products in...
With consumers turning to eCommerce retailers to order all sorts of valuable merchandise, package theft has become a pervasive problem. According to one estimate, a sizable 30 percent of consumers have reported losing a package to a porch pirate. To tackle this problem, retailers and...
With home security firm Ring reporting that nearly one in five homeowners in the U.S. have experienced package theft in the last year, companies like Sacramento, California-based package delivery locker system Luxer One are setting up package delivery systems to prevent porch pirates, CNBC reported...
August 14, 2023
Have you received an unexpected package lately? It might be from Amazon, Home Depot, or any other retailer you can think of. While receiving an unsolicited package might seem like a pleasant and cost-free surprise, it’s important to keep in mind that nothing truly comes free. If you’re getting things as if you bought them, […]
June 22, 2017
While we tend to associate high-tech fraud with eCommerce thieves, as it turns out, it’s a big ecosystem with room enough for good old-fashioned, smash-and-grab types ready to snatch your...
September 21, 2023
America appears to be living in the age of the porch pirate. Package thefts from people’s homes are on the rise, CNBC reported Thursday (Sept. 21), with 260 million delivered packages swiped in 2022, per security consultant SafeWise, which also estimated that 79% of Americans were victims of porch pirates last year. As the report noted, […]
December 19, 2017
With home security firm Ring reporting that nearly one in five homeowners in the U.S. have experienced package theft in the last year, companies like Sacramento, California-based package delivery locker...
