AARP, U.S. Attorneys and FBI team up to help educate seniors on dangers of elder fraud

The U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Northern District of West Virginia and the Southern District of West Virginia and the FBI are teaming up to educate the aging population the mountain state and their families about the dangers of elder fraud. Today, U.S. Attorneys Bill Powell and Mike Stuart partnered with FBI Special Agent in […]

Sign up your address for USPS Informed Delivery before scammers do

Thieves have found a new way to steal your mail. They’re exploiting a free service from the United States Postal Service (USPS) that offers an early look at what’s coming in the mail. 13 million USPS customers have signed up for Informed Delivery and cybersecurity experts think that might be the best way to protect […]

Ex-Abington PA postal worker admits scamming customers via smartphone

Ex-Abington PA postal worker admits scamming customers via smartphone April 16, 2015 – A Pennsylvania postal worker pleaded guilty Thursday in Montgomery County Court to credit card fraud stemming from his now former employment at the U.S. Post Office in Abington. Rashaad Schell, 25, of the 5500 block of North 3rd Street, pleaded guilty to […]

Galveston postal workers stop 90-year-old man from sending last of savings to scammer

GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) — Quick-thinking postal employees are being credited with stopping a scam and saving an elderly Galveston man thousands of dollars. We’ve all heard of the lottery scam, but its latest victim was saved from sending his last dime to the suspected con artist by three postal workers in Galveston. The most remarkable […]