Missing Passports

55 people have been told to look out for identity theft in Vancouver after a truck caring all the passports didn't have them. Passport applicants have been warned before that their applications could go missing. They can include things like bank account numbers, credit card information, and birth certificates. Canada post has taken action and as launched an investigation on the matter. Although now one really knows what has happened to these documents, they just could be lost in the mail and will show up again, there just assuming the worst. Canada Post is responsible fore delivering 40 million pieces of mail per day and is a very secure system, says John Caines, spokes person for Canada post. There is 61 applications that went missing so that means that there are 6 people that do not know that there application has gone missing.

I have done a passport application myself and have found no real threat that someone would steal my identity, but I do not have any credit cards or any information that would be a big deal if it went missing. Even though this is a terrifying incident why don't people look in the big issue here in mail delivery. These items sometimes get lost, and sometimes there are expensive things that are in those boxes. When one of these gets lost in the mail it is a big loss if they do lose something. This is why most people do not send cash in the mail because of the fear that someone will take it. These companies especially Canada post should take even more care than they already are when dealing with consumer belongings.

Reference:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090520/passports_090520/20090520?hub=Canada