To this record of successful fakes, we can add a new entry: USPS Forever stamps made in China, sold for just 7. 7 cents each, or 88% off the official value of $0. 63 each. And, of all, one printer even boasts of having an anti-counterfeit detection ink that looks like official postage under ultraviolet light.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, JULY 1, 1847, THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ISSUED THE FIRST STAMPS.
The immediate accumulation in the use of counterfeit seals led the USPS to factor last February noting “. . . an increase in the use of fake stamps. . . “with their use or sale”. . . A crime because it seeks to download facilities without payment. “
The postal service then announced plans to revise its regulations on handling mail and discovered packages with fake postage, suggesting such mail would be considered deserted and vulnerable to opening and destruction. The new rule went into effect July 9.
A mail truck parks in front of a mailbox outside a Pennsylvania post office. (FOX 29 Philadelphia)
This policy puts the postal service in a delicate position. Already under the public suspicion of not delivering mail reliably, now some other people who bought fake stamps in unscrupulous stores will wonder why their checks never reached the credit card company or the doctor’s office, ignoring the fact. that the USPS destroyed their forged letters. Seals.
The postal service generated $78. 5 billion in revenue in 2022, most of which comes from first-class mail, the type of mail likely to be affected by stamp counterfeiting. higher to $2 billion, with labor prices rising $1. 4 billion and highway, fuel and overhead expenses up $2 billion.
HOW SCAMMERS SELL COUNTERFEIT STAMPS ON FACEBOOK ADS
Spending 10 seconds Googling “Forever Stamp Roll 100” yields dozens of fake stamps among sponsored search results, sponsored because the provider paid Google for a premium placement on its search engine. Postal Service Announcements.
Tuskegee aviator instructor Charles Alfred “Chief” Anderson was revered with a stamp through the U. S. Postal Service. U. S. Postal Service in 2014 (U. S. Postal Service)
The United States Postal Service issued a stamp of Walter Camp in 2003 to honor his contributions to football. (United States Postal Service)
Joyce Chen, one of America’s favorite chefs, revered with stamps in 2014 because they “introduced new foods and flavors to American culture,” the U. S. Postal Service wrote.
The Chinese supplier who claimed the special anti-counterfeit ink had a pretty attractive offer: 110 rolls of one hundred stamps for $848. 10 with loose shipping (I wonder if they use their own counterfeit stamps for shipping). Paying for valid shipping would cost you $6,930 — and the USPS wants one and both cents to offset its developing losses.
Last year, the supposedly self-sufficient U. S. Postal Service won a $50 billion bailout over the next decade from Congress. That, in addition to a $10 billion federal loan canceled through Congress, another $3 billion for electric vehicles and $90 billion in losses over the 16-year stands.
Of course, the postal service component of the challenge is a replaced business style: why even buy reasonable counterfeit stamps when you can pay for your expenses online or send an SMS of a letter?
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And China is simply manufacturing fake postage stamps, stealing intellectual assets of all kinds from drugs to clothing, and even shipping enough fatal fentanyl to kill 107,000 Americans last year. It is as if China considers itself at war with the United States, especially considering the fact that nothing happens there without the wisdom and approval of the Chinese Communist Party.
California Republican Rep. Michelle Park Steel, a member of the House Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and the Congressional Executive Committee on China, said, “The counterfeit stamps flooding the CCP market are harming Americans and our postal system. “This challenge has cost taxpayers millions of dollars in fraud and driven unsuspecting Americans to unknowingly commit a federal crime. I urge everyone to make sure they buy stamps from a verified and valid dealer to avoid falling victim to a scam. I am investigating this factor to see how Congress can crack down on counterfeit postage. “
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Reacting to an investigation into classified classified ads online that sell counterfeit stamps, a Google spokesperson said: “We have strict advertising policies governing the types of classified classified ads and advertisers we allow on our platforms and explicitly prohibit classified ads. “Classified ads that defraud users by hiding or distorting information about the advertiser’s products. We reviewed the classified classified ads in question and got rid of those that violated our policies.
Unfortunately, dozens of classified ads from counterfeit stamps still figured prominently in Google’s search effects after the company claimed to have taken steps to remove the offending classified ads. interests, such as imposing currency sanctions on Chinese exports to the United States.
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Chuck DeVore is vice president of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, was elected to the California Legislature, is a retired lieutenant colonel in the U. S. Army, and is a retired lieutenant colonel in the U. S. Army. He is the author of the new book, “Crisis of the House Never United. “