NEW YORK, NY — National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) runs March 6 – 12, 2016, and the Postal Service is doing its part to spread awareness.
The Postal Service and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are drawing attention to the continuing consumer fraudulent schemes and building on a national outreach effort to help protect consumers against identity theft.
This year’s theme educates the general public about scams to which older American are increasingly susceptible.
Have you spoken to your loved ones today? Isolation is the #1 way to be a victim of fraud. Go to www.deliveringtrust.com for more information from the US Postal Inspection Service.
Find out how you can protect yourself and your family from becoming a victim of consumer fraud. Go to www.postalinspectors.uspis.gov for more information from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
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March 6-12, 2016 – NYC.gov website contains fraud message from USPIS. |
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Remember that no legitimate sweepstakes requires you to pay fees or taxes upfront to collect winnings. To report sweepstakes fraud call 877-876-2455.
The United States Postal Inspection Service was founded by Benjamin Franklin, and is one of our country’s oldest federal law enforcement agencies. Postal Inspectors have a long, proud, and successful history of fighting criminals who attack our nation’s postal system and misuse it to defraud, endanger, or otherwise threaten the American public. The Postal Inspection Service enforces more than 200 federal laws related to crime that adversely affects or fraudulently uses the U.S. Mail and postal system. Learn more by visiting "Postal Inspectors: The Silent Crime Fighters" a special exhibit designed to educate everyone on protecting themselves from fraud. The exhibit was first displayed at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum and continues to be available online.
For more information about National Consumer Protection Week, visit http://www.deliveringtrust.com/ and www.consumer.gov/ncpw.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies solely on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
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