The security-man from dhl wrote me that it should be a difference between dhl parcel and dhl express. For dhl parcel a change in address isnt possible he claims. A change is only possible if the customer has a post-number and the sender has put this number on the packet. And the receiver has to go through post-ident beforehand. Thats pretty secure because your id is checked and so on. Such registered customers can login at a website and change the address.
The only other possibility is to do a change of address contract. The receiver then gets a confirmation letter about this change of address contract. When the receiver isnt happy with this he can stop this contract.
So that looks safe for me then. Maybe the only problem is with dhl express then. He says that with dhl express a change of destination can be done. He claims again that only the sender or payer can make a change of address. The receiver only can do this when a unsuccessful try to deliver happened. Thats only possible if the sender gives the full address of sender and receiver and the sending number. The receiver only can change the target when he has the notification code or the sending number (with knowledge about sending and destination address).
He then claims that a third person can get the sending number when he knows the sender and receiver address. The reason for this is because only the sender knows the sending number. And they dont give out this number for data security reasons.
So for me it looks like the problem is with dhl express and that someone only has to find out the sending number. I only get normal parcels from dhl in the next days so i cant test it. But when you say its possible to get this number i will give them a link. They should run some tests about this.
What do you mean with your last sentence? First they checked when you gave your address only and the last times you have to give your name too? Or wasnt it possible anymore then?
At first they asked for my address and name. The last couple of times they wanted only my name, and when I asked if they could search by my address I was told "no", even though I had been doing it for several weeks.
And where they possible to find a package only with your name? Or did you gave the sender address beforehand? Maybe they changed already something internally because of the ruckus around this?