HOMEOWNERS. IF YOU LIVE ON ROCKMONT CIRCLE IN NORTH NATOMAS, IT’S A RACE TO BEAT THE MAIL THIEVES. WHY CHECKS EVERYBODY? OKAY, THE MAIL CAME TODAY. GO GET YOUR MAIL BEFORE DUSK BEFORE IT’S STOLEN.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The cluster mailbox outside Terry Murphy's marketing firm was his financial lifeline. It's where he'd receive checks from clients all over the U.S. And then last fall, in the ...