Scam Alert: Counterfeit stamps could threaten Christmas deliveries

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – Postal inspectors are warning about a new scam involving counterfeit postage stamps that could result in Christmas gifts being destroyed before reaching their destinations.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is seeing a surge in counterfeit postage stamps sold online to unsuspecting victims. The phony stamps are so convincing that they are almost impossible to tell apart from real ones.

However, the postal system can detect the fakes, and the USPS has implemented a new policy that mail with counterfeit stamps will not be delivered and will not be returned to senders…

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