Beware if you find an A4 white sheet that exceeds your mailbox! Above all, you shouldn’t take this piece of paper lightly, but immediately notify the police.
You may have noticed a white leaf exceeding slightly from your mailbox or that of one of your neighbors. Surprised, you are wondering what she is doing there, but do not give her more importance than that. Error ! Above all, take care to throw it away, under penalty of undergoing the consequences, because this sheet was knowingly deposited by a malicious person.
It was the police forces of Concarneau and Quimper, in Finistère, which sounded the alarm, as reported by Ouest-France. For several days, the inhabitants of these two cities have found white sheets A4 virgins slightly exceeding their mailboxes. Unusual reports! It is actually a new identification method used by burglars.
The stratagem, called “doorbell” in the police jargon, is clever: the criminals place a white sheet in the mailbox, letting it exceed slightly. If, after several days, the sheet did not move, it indicates that the mail has not been noted, and therefore probably that the occupants are absent, making the house or the apartment an ideal target for a burglary .
Faced with this threat, the authorities call for vigilance. It is recommended to regularly check your mailbox as well as those of its neighbors, and immediately remove any suspicious leaf. If the spam is actually present, it is crucial to inform the police without delay.
In the event of absence, even short, remember that it is possible to register for the Housing Operation Holiday Operation (OTV) housing system directly with the police station or On the government’s website. This system loads the police or gendarmerie services to monitor the accommodation through patrols. It even works outside of school holidays, so do not hesitate to use it. Vigilance and civic cooperation are the best defenses against these new forms of identification.