Police in Gloucester are asking residents to be vigilant following the theft of post from letter boxes in Highnam and Longlevens.
Over recent months there have been a number of incidents where post has been stolen before offenders set up fraudulent bank accounts in the victim’s names.
It is believed that two men, who were posting as leaflet droppers, have been arriving at locations in Mercedes saloon vehicles before forcing access to external letter boxes.
The reported incidents took place on Cheltenham Road between 3 and 9 September, Manor Park between 26 October and 8 November and Williams Orchard in Highnam earlier this year.
The first man is described as being black, aged in his 20s to 40s, wearing glasses, had a chin strap moustache with goatee, short facial hair and was of a slim athletic build.
The second male is also black, aged in his 30s to 40s, had short stubbly facial hair and is of a medium build.
They were both wearing baseball caps.
Both men have been working separately and using different vehicles. Officers have gathered CCTV footage and enquiries are currently ongoing to identify the vehicles involved.