CHICAGO (WLS) –Every year more than 40 million people move. Besides making sure your household items move to your new house, you also need to move your mail. It’s a simple process, but there are pitfalls. Some consumers find out they’ve paid $20 or more for something that could have been free. “You can do […]
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane announced today that a grand jury investigation has led to charges against four co-conspirators for a scheme that targeted elderly victims throughout the country to steal thousands of dollars in a “Grandparent Scam.” The scammers allegedly stole at least $162,600 and are accused of attempting to steal approximately […]
Would End Saturday Delivery; Give ‘Savings’ to Highway Trust Fund June 16, 2014 – The Postmaster General’s latest act of treachery is so outrageous it’s hard to believe. Last week, he endorsed a budget scam that would eliminate Saturday mail delivery and hand over the alleged “savings” to the Highway Trust Fund. The ploy, which […]
June 14, 2014—UPDATED June 16—Earlier this week, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe recklessly endorsed the House of Representative’ leadership’s outrageous ploy to use massive job and service cuts in the Postal Service to “pay for” a short-term extension of the Highway Trust Fund, which will run out of money in August if Congress fails to raise […]
May 31, 2014—NALC President Fredric Rolando said the proposal by House Republican leaders to temporarily fund highway construction by degrading postal services would damage the economy while failing to achieve desired transportation goals. “This is the latest attempt by GOP leaders at an end run, trying to cut postal services to provide money for another […]
LAS VEGAS (KSNV MyNews3.com) – Thousands of grandparents continue to be scam targets across the country, according to U.S. postal inspectors. Wanda Wood said the voice sounded like her grandson. He said he needed help and money immediately. “I really and truly believed it was Matt,” Wood said. “The kid sounded like Matt.”
(CINCINNATI, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced a settlement today with Change-My-Address.com, Change-of-Address.us, parent company Form Giant LLC, and its President, Matthew Riley. Consumers nationwide, and as many as 16,000 in Ohio, are entitled to refunds from the Cincinnati internet-based business that offers change of address services. A $3 million dollar national refund pool has […]
Postal Clerks became suspicious when a man came in asking to buy hundreds of rolls of stamps with a check and didn’t want to show his ID. Postal employees were purposely trying to keep him there so they could get a picture of him and alert inspectors.
LAS VEGAS (KSNV MyNews3.com) – 5/2/2014 — “Check washing,” the process of erasing details from checks to allow them to be rewritten continues to attract victims. Julie DiMaggio had written a check to her copy service for her law office. When she later checked her bank statement, she realized something was wrong. “The check cashed […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Workers who accepted a job they found on Craigslist are concerned they may have become unwilling accomplices in a scheme to steal more than $100,000 from area post offices in a single day. “Once we all figured out that we all bought roughly $100,000 worth of stamps we agreed that there was […]