One Lubbock woman caught what could be another scam popping up on the South Plains, where scammers send a check in the mail.
When Sheray Reddin picked up her mail, she noticed a pink slip left for her teenage son, stating he owed $22 in postage.
“I thought wait a minute, what could be $22,” Reddin said.
When Reddin took it to the post office to ask about it, she said they couldn’t tell it was fake until examining it for awhile.
“It looks so convincing that they’re just like okay we need you to pay this and I’m like wait I’m not. I don’t know what this is,” Reddin said.
When Reddin opened up the envelope, she said she found a $3,000 check made out to her son.
“The postal people told me this is not an express one day envelope,” Reddin said.
Which, she said made it suspicious to the post office personnel.
She said there was a letter inside asking to send a text message to a person named Miguel.
“With the information listed below, the amount of the check, the check number,” Reddin said.
Reddin said although they didn’t fall for it, she hopes people become aware of this scam.
“Being a teenager with no money, he could’ve easily taken this to the bank and deposited it to his checking account, which then again he would’ve been liable for when it all cleared up,” Reddin said.
If you believe you’ve been victimized by a scam involving the U.S. Mail, you can get help by contacting your nearest Postal Inspection Service office in one of three ways: Call 1-877-876-2455 (press option “4” to report suspected mail fraud). Or, visitpostalinspectors.uspis.gov to report suspected fraud online.
