{"id":15093,"date":"2016-05-25T08:34:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T13:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=15093"},"modified":"2016-05-25T08:34:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T13:34:43","slug":"video-spartanburg-postal-worker-saves-man-from-getting-scammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2016\/05\/25\/video-spartanburg-postal-worker-saves-man-from-getting-scammed\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Spartanburg postal worker saves man from getting scammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All too often we warn you about scams by speaking to victims who have lost hundreds. But tonight, thanks to the prodding of a local postal worker this warning doesn\u2019t come at a cost. The teller cared enough to speak up and stopped a scam in its tracks.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the everyday questions you might have here at the post office, Debbie Poole has been known to ask the ones, you may not want to hear, but should.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see things and you ask, does this person really want to do this, and I\u2019ll ask them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>So when Deonte Ray asked his girlfriend, Rashaundra Miller, to mail his old cell phone to a buyer in Nigeria, red flags went up at the Post Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were a hard sell, they really were. They wanted that money for that iPhone, they truly did not believe it was a scam. That\u2019s how good the scam is,\u201d said Poole. <a href=\"http:\/\/wspa.com\/2016\/05\/24\/spartanburg-postal-worker-saves-man-from-getting-scammed\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/up.anv.bz\/latest\/anvload.html?key=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\" width=\"475\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15096\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/south-carolina-scam.jpg\" alt=\"south-carolina-scam\" width=\"467\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/south-carolina-scam.jpg 467w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/south-carolina-scam-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All too often we warn you about scams by speaking to victims who have lost hundreds. But tonight, thanks to the prodding of a local postal worker this warning doesn\u2019t come at a cost. The teller cared enough to speak up and stopped a scam in its tracks. 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