Gillette Ups Worker Saves 78-Year-Old Woman from Falling for $5k Scam(cowboystatedaily.com)
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Gillette Ups Worker Saves 78-Year-Old Woman from Falling for $5k Scam
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/08/16/gillette-ups-worker-catches-scam-that-almost-bilked-elderly-woman-out-of-5-000/
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For anyone as confused by the title as I was, it's about a UPS worker from Gillette, WY.
I probably should have editorialized it to just be "UPS worker"
I think just all capping UPS would have been helpful.
I kept reading it as 'Shaving-company raises worker saves 78 year old'...
I kept reading it as 'Shaving-company raises worker saves 78 year old'...
HN did that and I did not catch it. I usually catch it when the system changes what I paste in.
> trying to send $5,000 cash in the mail, which Castleberry noted is illegal regardless of the carrier.
> It’s one thing to send a $20 bill illegally to your grandchild for their birthday
Sending birthday money in the mail is illegal? Sending any amount of money in the mail is illegal?
> It’s one thing to send a $20 bill illegally to your grandchild for their birthday
Sending birthday money in the mail is illegal? Sending any amount of money in the mail is illegal?
Neither is illegal[0]. I have no idea where they are getting this. USPS just changed a rule and now requires anything over $500 to be sent by registered mail.
FedEx/UPS/DHL have a policy where they won’t mail cash but it’s more of a terms of service violation, not illegal. Maybe if you lie to them about it that could be fraud or something but there’s plenty of ways to slap a label on it, tape it up, and drop it off and never answer any questions about what’s in it besides “is it hazardous”.
However the “we don’t ship cash” is listed[1] alongside “you are not allowed to send flammable or explosive material” so some workers might think that similar federal rules make both illegal. But one is “just” policy while the other is policy based on legal requirements.
They might be talking about mailing cash internationally, which does require you to disclose it on a customs form, but it’s also not illegal.
0: https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2023/pb22620/html/upd....
1: https://www.ups.com/us/en/support/shipping-support/shipping-...
FedEx/UPS/DHL have a policy where they won’t mail cash but it’s more of a terms of service violation, not illegal. Maybe if you lie to them about it that could be fraud or something but there’s plenty of ways to slap a label on it, tape it up, and drop it off and never answer any questions about what’s in it besides “is it hazardous”.
However the “we don’t ship cash” is listed[1] alongside “you are not allowed to send flammable or explosive material” so some workers might think that similar federal rules make both illegal. But one is “just” policy while the other is policy based on legal requirements.
They might be talking about mailing cash internationally, which does require you to disclose it on a customs form, but it’s also not illegal.
0: https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2023/pb22620/html/upd....
1: https://www.ups.com/us/en/support/shipping-support/shipping-...
Is this article a true story? It is completely legal to send cash in the mail (the US mail, at least). I can't imagine it would be illegal to send cash by UPS, either, even if the carrier does not allow it:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sending-cash-u-s-mail-ille...
The story was certainly heartwarming but this lack of fact-checking makes me question everything in the piece.
The story was certainly heartwarming but this lack of fact-checking makes me question everything in the piece.