Fraud Packages

[Dazy]

I have been catching the ones that have a foreign barcode, but I know there are other ones. What fraud are you catching? I also catch some of the ones that have the wrong weight.

 

[Rogtar]

I found one labeled 5.5lbs and easily over half my size. First time i noticed that one. Found one today the address was off, like a copy&paste over the original address, and get plenty of those. The foreign ones i don't truly find a lot of though.

 

[Rt2mailman]

The USPS is supposedly going broke, but they have no method but to just trust the public to put on the right postage? I guess it's just like trusting Amazon to not send pesticides and other hazmat stuff.

 

[calimailman]

I have been catching the ones that have a foreign barcode, but I know there are other ones. What fraud are you catching? I also catch some of the ones that have the wrong weight.

Happens every day in our office.

Usually, the ones I notice are on my package look ahead, but addressed to another route.

Post office knows all about it, but we are told to deliver it.

For 2 weeks the clerks caught em and wrote them up postage due, but that ended and now it's just delivered.

 

[Worve]

Happens every day in our office.

Usually, the ones I notice are on my package look ahead, but addressed to another route.

Post office knows all about it, but we are told to deliver it.

For 2 weeks the clerks caught em and wrote them up postage due, but that ended and now it's just delivered.

Same story here, crept I sent them back to sender as IA here. Now it’s just deliver them, whatever I look them up on app if not by barcode for my route unscannable parcel.

 

[Rogtar]

I did confirm with my PM that sale accounts will get auto charged if the sorter machines catch a discrepancy. Think Pitney Bowens and such that get a custom logo by the postage. We went into it for a few weeks to verify.

This does not include small sellers though, so keep at it!

 

[jaymacgthree]

Same story here, crept I sent them back to sender as IA here. Now it’s just deliver them, whatever I look them up on app if not by barcode for my route unscannable parcel.

If it is any type of PC Postage then it is caught and the sender is billed via APV in the plants. Clerks should know how that works, there are bulletins on it. IA does not apply to postage due regardless.

 

[gotstamps]

I did confirm with my PM that sale accounts will get auto charged if the sorter machines catch a discrepancy. Think Pitney Bowens and such that get a custom logo by the postage. We went into it for a few weeks to verify.

This does not include small sellers though, so keep at it!

Click-n-Shlp shippers do get caught at the plant. I guesstimate weight when I need to & will submit that as the weight. I typically over estimate the weight & get a refund back for overpayment. Only once have I received a “bill” by email about underpaid & I corrected it promptly so the receiving party didn’t need to.

 

[Old Fart]

Happens every day in our office.

Usually, the ones I notice are on my package look ahead, but addressed to another route.

Post office knows all about it, but we are told to deliver it.

For 2 weeks the clerks caught em and wrote them up postage due, but that ended and now it's just delivered.

Same in our offices. Nobody wants to take the time to bother.

 

[Good Ole Greg]

I have been typing in the number on the barcode after scanning and getting a different tracking number. Hopefully I get some extra credit for these fraud scans so the post office will do something about it.

Then last month I got 2 in one day where the scanner asked for a signature. I was Pissed having to rummage for my pen and a 3849 to leave notice at the door since both weren't home. So this week I got another one asking for signature and I decided just to sign it "fraudulent postage". Let's see if I hear anything about it. I doubt the shipper will complain . Thieves.

 

[Dazy]

I found one labeled 5.5lbs and easily over half my size. First time i noticed that one. Found one today the address was off, like a copy&paste over the original address, and get plenty of those. The foreign ones i don't truly find a lot of though.

The barcode looks normal, but when you scan it the scanner will show an address starting like a Canadian package

 

[Dazy]

The USPS is supposedly going broke, but they have no method but to just trust the public to put on the right postage? I guess it's just like trusting Amazon to not send pesticides and other hazmat stuff.

We were getting so many for a little while, that is when we actually noticed. How many did we deliver for free.

 

[Dazy]

Happens every day in our office.

Usually, the ones I notice are on my package look ahead, but addressed to another route.

Post office knows all about it, but we are told to deliver it.

For 2 weeks the clerks caught em and wrote them up postage due, but that ended and now it's just delivered.

Our office hasn't told us to deliver them. I am unsure if we even get paid for these. I keep getting asked about a package I supposedly delivered on a City route. I am guessing that was fraud.

 

[Dazy]

Same story here, crept I sent them back to sender as IA here. Now it’s just deliver them, whatever I look them up on app if not by barcode for my route unscannable parcel.

That will for sure stop the fraud. I don't get it.