Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Fraudulent changes of address conducted online via digital tools provided by the U.S. Postal Service skyrocketed from 2020 to 2021, ...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has implemented a new address verification policy, which can be done online, in person at a retail office, or by mail. The new policy requires customers to ...

What is the Address Verification Service -AVS? A system that uses a unique authentication method to verify customers or individual addresses before processing transactions. A system that connects ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If you want to change your official address with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), you’ll now have to go through a few more steps in the interest of security. The USPS now requires ...

If you’re relocating into a new apartment or home, you need to be aware of a relatively new version of an old scam that targets homeowners in transition. The U.S. Postal Service change of address scam ...

A group of bipartisan lawmakers has called on the U.S. Postal Service to strengthen its internal processes to reduce change of address fraud, which each year allows fraudsters to redirect thousands of ...

Fraudulent changes of address conducted online via digital tools provided by the U.S. Postal Service skyrocketed from 2020 to 2021, linked to cases of ineffective identity verification within the ...