MARINA, CA — Seniors are the easiest targets for mail fraud schemes, and Marina Postmaster Philip Tantillo plans to do something about it. On Tuesday, September 17, 2013, he will host a Senior Summit on Mail Fraud from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Rocky Han Community Center, 211 Hillcrest Ave., Marina CA 93933.

Joining Tantillo will be Postal Inspector Jason Crowe, Paul Moreno of Stordok Shredding and local Marina fire and police personnel. Seniors will be given critical information on mail fraud, lottery scams, home mail box and collection box security, document shredding and personal safety and awareness.

“We want our seniors to be able to protect themselves with the right information,” said Tantillo. “And the best source of that information is from the people dedicated to ensure the sanctity of the mail and those sworn to protect and serve.”

The event is open to all seniors in Marina and surrounding areas. Stordok Shredding is offering to shred one box of documents at no charge for those who attend.

###

Please Note: For broadcast quality video and audio, photo stills and other media resources, visit the USPS Newsroom at http://about.usps.com/news/welcome.htm.

For reporters interested in speaking with a regional Postal Service public relations professional, please go to http://about.usps.com/news/media-contacts/usps-local-media-contacts.pdf.

A self-supporting government business, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With nearly 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. In 2011, the U.S. Postal Service was ranked number one in overall service performance, out of the top 20 wealthiest nations in the world, Oxford Strategic Consulting. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.

Follow the Postal Service on twitter.com/USPS and at facebook.com/USPS.