{"id":29524,"date":"2020-10-26T18:19:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T23:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=29524"},"modified":"2020-10-26T18:19:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T23:19:16","slug":"new-scam-uses-fake-usps-money-orders-gets-victims-to-buy-gift-cards-as-mystery-shopper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/10\/26\/new-scam-uses-fake-usps-money-orders-gets-victims-to-buy-gift-cards-as-mystery-shopper\/","title":{"rendered":"New scam uses fake USPS money orders, gets victims to buy gift cards as \u2018mystery shopper\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 The U.S. Postal Service is warning about a scam that\u2019s making its way around the area by criminals who hoping victims will fall for it because they might get caught up in financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a variation on the \u201cmystery shopper\u201d scam that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspis.gov\/news\/scam-article\/mystery-shopper-scams\/#:~:text=Scammers%20will%20often%20recruit%20%E2%80%9Cmystery,certain%20amount%20of%20money%20back.&amp;text=Con%20artists%20send%20money%20orders,victims%20they%20lure%20in%20online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously used\u00a0what\u00a0appeared\u00a0to be real checks<\/a>. Now, the criminals use fake U.S. Postal Service Money Orders.<\/p>\n<p>A victim would not expect to find cash just sitting in a mailbox for no apparent reason, but that\u2019s exactly what criminals want their targets to think when they send a letter asking a person to accomplish a simple task for cash. More at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/news\/investigators\/new-scam-uses-fake-us-postal-service-money-orders-gets-victims-to-buy-gift-cards-as-mystery-shopper\/\">CBS 17<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29525\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Scam-Alert-478-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Scam-Alert-478-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Scam-Alert-478.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 The U.S. Postal Service is warning about a scam that\u2019s making its way around the area by criminals who hoping victims will fall for it because they might get caught up in financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It\u2019s a variation on the \u201cmystery shopper\u201d scam that\u00a0previously used\u00a0what\u00a0appeared\u00a0to be real [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29526,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29524\/revisions\/29526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}