HOW TO IDENTIFY A POSSIBLE PACKAGE BOMB

Package and letter bombs often have clues to alert recipients to possible trouble.

Things to look for are:

• Excessive weight for the size of the package or heavy at one end
• Too much postage, usually in the form of stamps
• No return address, or an unknown sender.
• Mailed from a foreign country, or via airmail or special delivery
• A rigid or lopsided envelope
• Common words are misspelled
• Restrictive markings, such as confidential, urgent, personal or open by addressee only.
• Incorrect title for the addressee, or a title without a person’s name
• Handwritten or poorly typed address.
• Protruding wires, string or tinfoil.
• Excessive securing material, such as tape or string
• Oily stains or discoloration on the out side of the package.