Quote Originally Posted by ticker View Post
We've all been there, looking forward to the postman bringing that special birthday, xmas card, from a loved one, with a pound note or more. I thought i would do the same, by sending my girlfriend a card, with a small amount of money. My giirlfriend recieved the card, minus the money, i was so annoyed, but my girlfriend was'nt, she said, it's quite common in the philippines, where the postal service's see mail coming from other country's, that they tamper with the mail, mmh, not good.
It's not a very sensible thing to do because once they have found money in mail from the UK to that address, the mail might not even arrive there the next time, regardless of whether it contains money or not. I believe that it's more common for the mail to be thrown away after being tampered with so you were very lucky that it arrived there at all.