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  2. Phony postage stamp discounts are scamming online buyers ...

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    I spotted an offer online for 100 of the spiral Forever USA stamps, stamps with a gold star in the middle of the design, selling for $29.99 — which amounts to roughly 30 cents a stamp at a time ...

  3. Mail and wire fraud - Wikipedia

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    Mail and wire fraud. Mail fraud and wire fraud are terms used in the United States to describe the use of a physical (e.g., the U.S. Postal Service) or electronic (e.g., a phone, a telegram, a fax, or the Internet) mail system to defraud another, and are U.S. federal crimes. Jurisdiction is claimed by the federal government if the illegal ...

  4. Congressional Post Office scandal - Wikipedia

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    The Congressional Post Office scandal was the discovery of corruption among various Congressional Post Office employees and members of the United States House of Representatives, investigated 1991–95, culminating in House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski (D- IL) pleading guilty in 1996 to reduced charges of mail fraud .

  5. Fake stamp scheme run by California woman cost US Postal ...

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    Chen and her partner, Chuanhua “Hugh” Hu, shipped more than 34 million parcels with fake postage, costing the U.S. Postal Service more than $150 million, prosecutors said. She faces up to 10 ...

  6. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    The United States issued its first postage stamps in 1847. Before that time, the letters' rates, dates, and origins were written by hand or sometimes in combination with a handstamp device. United States Postal Service. The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 established the postage rates, which have been set by the Postal Regulatory Commission.

  7. What is quishing? US Postal Inspection Service warns of new ...

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    June 20, 2024 at 7:37 PM. AP. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is warning the public about a new scam criminals are using to commit identity fraud. It's called quishing, a form of phishing that ...

  8. United States Postal Inspection Service - Wikipedia

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    The United States Postal Inspection Service ( USPIS ), or the Postal Inspectors, is the federal law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service. It supports and protects the U.S. Postal Service, its employees, infrastructure, and customers by enforcing the laws that defend the United States' mail system from illegal or dangerous use.

  9. Apollo 15 postal covers incident - Wikipedia

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    The Apollo 15 postal covers incident, a 1972 NASA scandal, involved the astronauts of Apollo 15, who carried about 400 unauthorized postal covers into space and to the Moon's surface on the Lunar Module Falcon. Some of the envelopes were sold at high prices by West German stamp dealer Hermann Sieger, and are known as "Sieger covers".