SHOPPER SHARES PSA ON FAKE POSTAGE SCAM THAT COULD COST YOU MONEY

Content creator Alley (@alleyvanetten1) said she was recently the victim of a counterfeit postage scam, and she shared her experience in a TikTok.

“Have you had a package get delivered to you that says ‘counterfeit postage’ on it?” she asked. “Because I got one of those little things in the mail from the post office that says that I owe money on a package.”

She said when she arrived at the post office to pick the package up, the post office worker explained exactly how these counterfeit scams work.

“He said that these big companies that are like overseas, especially through TikTok and stuff, are sending basically, like, giant shipping containers full of their items to somebody’s backyard, and then somebody is packaging up these and making fake labels with fake tracking numbers on them, and sending them out, so they don’t pay any postage,” Alley said.

“So basically, this company just saved like $12 by not paying any postage, and I had to pay for it instead,” she continued. According to the Alley, the worker said “over 200 packages a day” are sent with counterfeit postage.