Most mailboxes around the U.S. are filled with junk mail on a frustratingly regular basis. But while the random catalog you don’t remember signing up for or the occasional unsolicited credit card application are annoying to receive, they’re not usually harmful. On the other hand, authorities recently discovered that some people are receiving one message in the mail that could put them at risk. Read on to find out what officials are now warning Americans is a postal scam.
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Officials across the country know that a seemingly small scam can do a large amount of damage, which is why they’re always working to alert Americans about known cons. Back in May, police in Connecticut and North Carolina both cautioned residents about a spoofing scam that had people believing they were talking to real officers on the phone, when they were actually being targeted by con artists looking to scare victims into handing over money. The earlier this month, a department in Indiana warned residents about an identity deception scam that is targeting people through packages they’ve received in the mail but didn’t order.
Now, officials have issued a new alert about a scam that manages to combine the dangers of fraudulent police involvement and unsolicited mail together.
On July 15, the West Richland…
