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From a random magazine subscription, you swore that you have never signed up for endless credit cards promotions, we are used to scrutinizing the heaps of spam to access the mail that We really want. But while mostUnlined email We receive is quite easy to ignore, all the unwanted mail that appears is just as harmless. In fact, the police just had to issue an alert on something at least one recently received clientIn their mailbox, warning you to throw it right away if he appears at home. Read the rest to discover what you should watch by post.

Read this then:USPS has just issued this new "uncomfortable" warning to all customers.

If you think you have a spam problem, you are barely alone. According to research from the Faculty of Law of New York University, the average American household receives848 individual pieces Unwanted mail each year, according to the Nebraska Recycling Council. This is equal to around 1.5 trees each year by each household and more than 100 million trees for all combined American households.

It might even not be the worst. According to the researchers, 44% of the spam is thrown unprecedented, and only about half is recycled. Thus, each year, 5.6 million tonnes of catalogs and other direct mail advertisements are found in American landfills.

A free stamp roll appearing in your mailbox can look more like a gift than a garbage, but this is the one you should not accept. At the beginning of May, the Sioux City police (SCPD) police in Sioux City, Iowa,taken on his Facebook page To alert residents of such a scenario, warning that they had received a report from a person who had received postage stamps delivered by the post that they had not ordered. According to the SCPD, these stamps had been sent by La Poste of China and were counterfeit.

"Be aware ... The current price of a USPS stamp is 58 cents. If it seems too good to be true, it is probably," warned the department in its position. "The best way to avoid being a scam is to buy stamps directly from the USPS."

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At the beginning of the year, a spokesperson for the US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), said the agency's application branchThe Washington Times that the USPS and its inspectors are aware that counterfeit stamps areSold online and announced as "reduction on reduction costs" for customers. "The postal service does not sell stamps under the value indicated on the stamp," they said.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

For example, crooks have recently announced a role of "negotiation" of $ 58 for a reduced price of $ 39The Washington Times. The spokesperson also told the newspaper that advertisements for these false stamps had increased in December of last year, but a February 2022 alert of postal inspectors indicates that this problem only hasContinued to worse overtime.

"The number of stamps counterfeit from online platforms has increased. Crooks peddled false stamps on social media markets, electronic commerce sites via third-party suppliers and other websites," warns the 'USPI. "The counterfeit stamps are often sold in bulk quantities to a significant discount - from 20 to 50% of their nominal value. It is a revealing sign that they are false."

Although you can be tempted to capitalize on the stamps that you have received for free - or at low cost - even if they could be false, this is not worth the risk.Andrea Avery, an assistant inspector in charge of the USPIS, told AARP only if a postal employeedetect a counterfeit stamp Used, your mail will be confiscated and then reported to the USPI.

"To ensure that your confidence communication comes to its destination without delay, the postal inspection service wants you to be aware - and avoid - the shipping costs," warns the USPI. According to the branch of the police, the "most frequently encountered counterfeit stamp" is the stamp of the flag.

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