Suspicious Mail

These tips can help protect you, your business, and your mailroom.

If you receive a suspicious letter or package:
1. Handle with care. Don’t shake or bump.
2. Isolate it immediately.
3. Don’t open, small, touch, or taste.
4. Treat it as suspect. Call local law enforcement authorities.

Look for
1. No return address
2. Restrictive markings
3. sealed with tape
4. Misspelled words, addressed to title only, incorrect title, badly types or written
5. Oily stains, discolorations, or crystallization on wrapper
6. Strange odor
7. Excessive tape
8. Rigid or bulky
9. Lopsided or uneven

If you suspect the mail may contain:
1. A bomb
Evacuate immediately, call police, contact postal inspectors and call local fire department/HAZMAT Unit.

2. A radiological threat
Limit exposure - don’t handle, evacuate area, shield yourself from object, call police, contact postal inspectors, and call local fire department/HAZMAT Unit.

3. A biological or chemical threat
Isolate - don’t handle, evacuate immediate area, wash your hands with soap and warm water, call police, contact postal inspectors, and call local fire department/HAZMAT Unit.

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