Mailbox Allegedly Broken Into As People Steal $50 Grocery Vouchers But That Won’t Work

You’ve probably come across countless stories of wallets, phones, and laptops being stolen.

Once, a driver even had a hamburger taken away by a snatch thief.

Presumably, these thieves will then sell these stolen items for cash that they can use for daily expenses, like bubble tea and groceries.

A few residents, however, have allegedly come up with a more efficient way to pay their bills: cut out the middle step and steal grocery vouchers instead.

Letterboxes Allegedly Broken Into As People Steal $50 Grocery Vouchers But That Won’t Work

An aggrieved resident has taken to Facebook to vent her frustrations about thieves destroying letterboxes in her neighbourhood.

The thieves were allegedly looking to steal grocery vouchers.

The resident detailed the incident in a Facebook post on Wednesday (7 Oct).

According to the woman, some of her neighbours have had their letterboxes forced open by thieves.

Fortunately for her, her own letterbox was left untouched.

The woman claims that the thieves broke into these letterboxes to steal the “grocery vouchers” that the government had distributed.

She also shared a picture of the letterboxes in question, with at least three visibly damaged.

“Nothing good is gonna come to you for stealing what belongs to others. Many are looking forward to receiving it to tie ends before their next payday,” the woman said.

But if these thieves really did break into these letterboxes to steal grocery vouchers, they must have been sorely disappointed.

Vouchers Not Delivered by Mail

For those who don’t know, the Facebook user is likely referring to the Community Development Council (CDC) Vouchers, which were made available by the government for up to 400,000 low-income families.

Its goal is to help Singaporean households with daily expenses while supporting local merchants and hawkers.

These vouchers can only be used in participating shops and stalls such as hawker stalls and mom-and-pop shops, so they’re not exactly grocery vouchers.

Here’s the thing though: these vouchers are not delivered by mail.

You see, eligible households received notification letters about these vouchers between June and July.

And in order to get them, they have to collect them from designated community centres.

These people really should have downloaded our app so that they won’t break into letterboxes only to see bills and nothing else.

Even if these thieves stole the notification letters, it wouldn’t be enough to collect the CDC vouchers, as eligible household members must present their IC at the centre before they can claim their vouchers.

These thieves clearly didn’t do their research.

These vouchers are still available for collection, by the way, till 1 Dec. They will have to be used by 31 Dec 2020.

Given that these vouchers were meant to help low-income families and local businesses, these thieves must not be the most empathetic creatures out there if they really did intend to steal them.

Thankfully, all they probably came away with were some utility bills and KFC coupons.

This is why you shouldn’t steal.