Security mailbox

A security mailbox, attachable to a wall of a dwelling, comprising a mail receptacle, door means mounted thereon for the deposit of mail into the receptacle and withdrawal therefrom when in opened position, an activating switch, responsive to opening of said door means, for activating an alarm, a shelf in the mail receptacle on which deposited mail rests, light transmitting means in a wall of the mailbox, illuminating means located within the mailbox so that when activated it lights an area about the mailbox at night through the light transmitting means, an intercommunication transmitter-speaker unit, mounted on the front of the mailbox below the door means and shelf thereof, a second switch activated by opening of the door for activating said intercommunication transmitter-speaker unit, a manually operable switch for turning an the illuminating means, a manually operable switch for activating a bell, an opening in a back wall of the mailbox, which mailbox is attachable to the dwelling at the mailbox back wall, and wiring means located beneath the shelf except for such means communicating with the activating switch responsive to the opening of the door, said wiring means being pre-wired in the mailbox and passing from the interior of the mailbox through the wall opening so as to be communicable with a source of power in the interior of the dwelling to which the security mailbox is attachable, for transmitting electric power from such source of power to the intercommunication transmitter-speaker unit, to the illuminating means and to the bell switch.