National Consumer Protection Week was March 1-7, and Link shone a light on some of the many ways crooks, quacks and con artists ply their trade.
This includes a new tool at their disposal: artificial intelligence, which can help grifters refine their ruses in ever more fiendish ways.
We also looked at how to avoid being the victims of a romance scam, and shared the stories of five USPS employees who followed their instincts and prevented customers from ending up as scam victims in “People.”
And the latest “Mailin’ It!” podcast featured Stephanie Glad, the Postal Inspection Service’s program manager for mail fraud, discussing new ways that grifters are honing their craft.
Link offered reminders on federal ethics laws that apply even after employees leave the organization; on the protocols surrounding the management of refrigerants; and on the start of daylight saving time at 2 a.m. on March 8.
We covered the ceremony for the Harriet Powers stamps, and we put a call out for photos and stories from employees who own lowriders in advance of the stamp release March 13.
We also told readers about Letters of Love, a group of 314 clubs across the country that send encouragement and support to patients in children’s hospitals
Finally, “Heroes” told the story of Karen Outhier, a city carrier in Carthage, MO, who was delivering a package at a retirement village when she answered a call for help from a woman who had fallen between some cars and needed help.
Outhier called 911 and stayed with the customer until paramedics arrived.
The woman was found to have a brain tumor and was scheduled to have it removed. Outhier has since retired.
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