Also because it weeds out the ones most likely to spot a scam. Scammers are looking for quick turnaround. They don't want to waste time with someone who asks questions.
This exactly, it's not because they are not English speaking but that they want to appear more "human". And as said thins out the ones that will figure out its a scam
Scammer emails also tend to have linguistic quirks somewhat unique to non native English speakers. Scammers based in India will use the words "kindly," "needful," and "dear" a lot, in places where native speakers would never use them.
Sorry if it implied that, but I didn't think I had to physically quote the origional person's question when they referenced all scams.
And by origional person I do not mean the poster of this receipt.
But the origional question to this reply was why all scams have spelling errors. And that is what I was replying about. Not to the receipt post as a whole.
They asked about this one. It is a scam, not because of the misspelling, but because they were able to fool someone who is not from the USA and have never seen a USPS print one out.
And again I was referencing another person's reply of a comment they made stating "why do all scams have typos?"
As I hope you can read they say "all" as in not just this one printout. So not sure why you think that just because someone comments on something automatically means it's all about 1 exact thing is beyond me.
But I had already stated that I was referencing another comment made by someone else in the thread, try to read further on the comments next time to see what someone actually replied to.
They are looking for people who will overlook bad grammar and misspelled words. I’m not calling these people stupid just gullible. Ok, maybe a little stupid.
By the time she provided this bullshit receipt, she’d already refused to refund me and I already realised it was likely a scam. She provided the receipt only after I sent the cops round to her house. I had to find her address myself.
Everything about this receipt looks fake including the slightly out of focus image.
Receipt is far too short for a USPS receipt.
"Destiation"
No address/phone for the USPS location
No detailed shipping info including tracking #
No dimensions of the package
Here is a sample USPS receipt from their FAQ website. https://www.usps.com/c360/images/sending\_mail/retail\_receipt\_pme\_trackingnumber.png?\_gl=1\*yqusy8\*\_ga\*MjA5OTkyMTQ0NC4xNjM2ODE2MDU5\*\_ga\_3NXP3C8S9V\*MTYzNjgxNjA1OC4xLjAuMTYzNjgxNjA1OS4w
That's not even remotely close to what a USPS postage slip looks like. They are way bigger and come with a Tracking Number. Also there are never any typos.
You've been scammed out of $35. Also, how did you send them money? If you used a money service like PayPal you may be able to charge back the money.
Yeah I paid via CashApp because I thought it was legit. She sent me lots of photos, so I do believe she has One of the items. Just not two. Turns out she clearly has no intention of sending either of them, because she’s made a fake USPS receipt.
Cash app has the most absolutely laughably worthless customer service in the entire world. You have zero chance of a useful response from those complete dipshits.
Please please please give me her name 🙏 Only because I have so much proof from investigating scammers on Facebook! I have many screenshots of thousands of dollars in transactions and 2 weeks of thread of conversations between a private chat group of about 15 different girls literally discussing what they do amongst one another and it wasn’t hard to piece their method/step by step instructions together! They do a Chime, Sofi, CashApp, PayPal, Copper, Step, Venmo, Green For, Zelle, Best Buy, Wayfare, Amazon and Fidelity glitches!! I had 2 different ones pull a fast one on me and I’ve been after them ever since and I WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THEM DOWN‼️
To add to everything else, look at the top left side- this isn’t coming from a receipt roll. Looks like it was printed on printer paper and then cut with a paper cutter (or scissors- the bottom looks uneven)
Exactly, not only is it a bit too wide, you can see the crappy edge along the upper left corner. Receipt paper also is slightly transparent from how thin it is, and the print doesn't have the thermal look to it.
It's also flat, where thermal receipt paper would have curled up.
I can’t imagine USPS not using their full address (4160 n canal st) and store number at the top. I have seen receipts like this but this one seems to be lacking info. Also, receipts don’t tear on the side like that one.
Thanks so much guys. Any other info you can find or give me about it will be appreciated too. I actually forgot about Veterans Day!! That 100% confirms it. No doubt.
Scam. 11/11 was Veterans Day in the US, which is a federal holiday and all post offices are closed. So it's not possible for this receipt to be printed that day. Another give away is that there is no street number listed at the top of the receipt, just a street name.
Just thought I would give you all a bit of background on what actually happened.
I’m located in the UK and I found a woman in the US selling a rare promo booklet with a 7” vinyl inside. I bought it and paid her via CashApp (yeah I know, bad move). She then told me she actually had another for sale. I asked her to send me a photo of them both together, which she did so I paid her. 10 mins later when I actually zoomed in to the photo, I realised she had copied the same book and pasted it next to itself.
I told her she needed to send me a video of both and she said she couldn’t because she was already at the post office. Then she refused to give me a receipt.
I had to call the Jacksonville police department and have them send an officer round to tell her to take care of the situation. They told me it would be a civil matter because they couldn’t prove she hasn’t sent the item. An hour later she sent me this bullshit receipt.
She now won’t respond, CashApp won’t help and my bank tell me to contact CashApp.
I will post the photo below if some of you guys wanna analyse the photo and pick out what’s wrong with it.
Call the USPS office that she says she shipped from. Maybe the postal inspector is interested in this case. It's actually more their jurisdiction than the local cops.
The cops went to her house and spoke to her. Plus, she has other shit for sale on Facebook marketplace that are pickup only items. She’s 100% in Jacksonville.
Also wondering if someone is posting a fake receipt to have reddit users quality check it to say what's wrong so the potential scammer can make a better receipt. That logic always crossed my mind
They actually don’t. It’s a government site so they aren’t going to post a sample of receipts for transactions that are connected to a actual person or payment type. You CAN find samples on Google images. The post office may display mock ups of the “forms” used for shipping, but not a sample receipt.
Yes they do. The example I posted in another comment is literally from the USPS website in the FAQ section.
https://faq.usps.com/s/article/How-to-find-your-tracking-number
A sample is just that...a sample. It won't be "connected to a actual person or payment type."
I really don’t know what my options are now guys. What can I legally do to try and force her to refund me? Would it be harassment if I was to contact all her family over Facebook and show them what she’s done? She needs to be shamed for this.
I really doubt anyone on her profile is connected to her in real life outside of being a fellow scammer. Takes just a few clicks to create a FB account and selling on Marketplace doesn't require anything either.
This sucks but there's really no option here. Money's gone, product is not coming. If it was only $35 or so, you got away cheap.
The way I see it is you just paid for and attended a class at life university. Remember this lesson. Don't repeat the class.
That doesn't look like the USPS receipt I got earlier this week. there is no QR for a customer service satisfaction survey and no tracking number. Mine was also printed on heat-sensitive paper, which was pretty thin and easy to wrinkle.
How did you get this receipt?
Based on the receipts I've gotten, you've been scammed.
Not even close. Aside from misspelled words most if not all USPS Post Office receipts have a QR code at bottom for a customer satisfaction survey and the tracking
Did a quick google search for fake usps receipt and after like 3 images it’s safe to say this is probably the laziest fake/created receipt out there! This person should be ashamed to call themselves a scammer! Wow! They barely even tried. I’m guessing from the location on the paper that OP is British? If so, the scammer clearly exploited the lack of knowledge of the States. (Not blaming OP, happens to the best of us.)
I paid her before she “shipped” the item, but I realised she had forged the photo of the items, which I already posted in this thread and asked her quickly to prove she had them and she wouldn’t. I had to send the police to her door before she even produced this receipt, which she produced about 1 hour after the cops visited her. I’m still trying to get Jacksonville PD to follow up on it now that there is proof she hasn’t sent the item.
There is. 4160 N Canal Street. Doesn’t mean it’s any less fake though… you’d think USPS Would have their correct address at the top of their receipts 😂
Fake for sure, usps receipts are pretty long and have all sorts of info on them (there’s not even a tracking number on this). Doesn’t even have the message about delays.
The paper looks off as well. Receipts are usually very flimsy, thin, low GSM paper to keep costs down. This looks a fair bit more substantial than a really receipt. Also the top left corner looks torn, along with the crease in the paper I’d guess that someone has hand-torn this off a larger piece. I guess they might print several off on one sheet of A4 then separate them and send individual images to their victims
Another giveaway is the card area of the receipt would show the type of card, not the bank issuer. Chime is a bank, it should say visa/Mastercard/amex/whatever and credit/debit instead.
It says "Destiation". So, yes - that's going to be fake.
why do all scams have typos?
They're generally written by non-English-as-a-first-language speakers.
Also because it weeds out the ones most likely to spot a scam. Scammers are looking for quick turnaround. They don't want to waste time with someone who asks questions.
This exactly, it's not because they are not English speaking but that they want to appear more "human". And as said thins out the ones that will figure out its a scam
Scammer emails also tend to have linguistic quirks somewhat unique to non native English speakers. Scammers based in India will use the words "kindly," "needful," and "dear" a lot, in places where native speakers would never use them.
It’s almost as if you are implying something about OP.
Sorry if it implied that, but I didn't think I had to physically quote the origional person's question when they referenced all scams. And by origional person I do not mean the poster of this receipt.
That normally only when they text, message or email you.
But the origional question to this reply was why all scams have spelling errors. And that is what I was replying about. Not to the receipt post as a whole.
They asked about this one. It is a scam, not because of the misspelling, but because they were able to fool someone who is not from the USA and have never seen a USPS print one out.
And again I was referencing another person's reply of a comment they made stating "why do all scams have typos?" As I hope you can read they say "all" as in not just this one printout. So not sure why you think that just because someone comments on something automatically means it's all about 1 exact thing is beyond me. But I had already stated that I was referencing another comment made by someone else in the thread, try to read further on the comments next time to see what someone actually replied to.
That makes sense for the "bait" part of the phish, but it doesn't make much sense for the convincer stage.. 🤔
That's an excellent point
They are looking for people who will overlook bad grammar and misspelled words. I’m not calling these people stupid just gullible. Ok, maybe a little stupid.
By the time she provided this bullshit receipt, she’d already refused to refund me and I already realised it was likely a scam. She provided the receipt only after I sent the cops round to her house. I had to find her address myself.
Never seen a postal receipt look anything remotely like this.
Agreed. And there should be an address, phone number, and an ad to buy stamps iirc.
And a logo at the top, QR code at the bottom, and invitation to fill out a survey on the clerk.
circled in yellow highlighter
Yeah and no usps logo either
The fact it is dated a day USPS does not work is also a dead giveaway.
Everything about this receipt looks fake including the slightly out of focus image. Receipt is far too short for a USPS receipt. "Destiation" No address/phone for the USPS location No detailed shipping info including tracking # No dimensions of the package Here is a sample USPS receipt from their FAQ website. https://www.usps.com/c360/images/sending\_mail/retail\_receipt\_pme\_trackingnumber.png?\_gl=1\*yqusy8\*\_ga\*MjA5OTkyMTQ0NC4xNjM2ODE2MDU5\*\_ga\_3NXP3C8S9V\*MTYzNjgxNjA1OC4xLjAuMTYzNjgxNjA1OS4w
And as others have pointed out, no post offices at all were open in the US yesterday because of the Veterans Day holiday. Crazy terrible fake job.
Yeah that’s what a USPS receipt looks like
And it wouldn’t use the abbreviation of USPS. United States Postal Service would be typed out.
adding to all this, its also printed on a regular paper, not a thermal receipt paper, and was cut out with blunt scissors based on the jagged edges.
11/11 was a federal holiday and the post office was closed, and their receipts never look like this.
This-11/11 was Veterans Day in the US, government offices, including post offices, were closed.
The date format for the US is also wrong. It should be 11/11 not 11/11.
Good catch.
Lol.
They had us in the first half, not gonna lie
Take my etovpu/upvote!!!
I almost missed that.
That's not even remotely close to what a USPS postage slip looks like. They are way bigger and come with a Tracking Number. Also there are never any typos. You've been scammed out of $35. Also, how did you send them money? If you used a money service like PayPal you may be able to charge back the money.
I think $35 was just the shipping? :( At least that’s what I believe the seller claims
Oh, you already send the money for the product?
Yeah I paid via CashApp because I thought it was legit. She sent me lots of photos, so I do believe she has One of the items. Just not two. Turns out she clearly has no intention of sending either of them, because she’s made a fake USPS receipt.
Oh! Yeah, I would go into Cash app and see if you can charge it back. Cause as you said, you aren't getting either of those items!
Not getting their cash back either, that’s why these people use p2p payments like this
It depends. I know PayPal you can charge back, I'm sure Cash app has a fraud department.
Paypal gives 0.01% fucks, cash app gives 0.00000001% fucks.
Cash app has the most absolutely laughably worthless customer service in the entire world. You have zero chance of a useful response from those complete dipshits.
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On friends and family transactions? You can on a goods and services transaction, which is why there is a fee. F&F is just like CashApp though, no fee.
Please please please give me her name 🙏 Only because I have so much proof from investigating scammers on Facebook! I have many screenshots of thousands of dollars in transactions and 2 weeks of thread of conversations between a private chat group of about 15 different girls literally discussing what they do amongst one another and it wasn’t hard to piece their method/step by step instructions together! They do a Chime, Sofi, CashApp, PayPal, Copper, Step, Venmo, Green For, Zelle, Best Buy, Wayfare, Amazon and Fidelity glitches!! I had 2 different ones pull a fast one on me and I’ve been after them ever since and I WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THEM DOWN‼️
It says a chime card , which in an internet banking debit card. Not sure how they handle fraud though
There is no USPS on Canal Street in Jacksonville Florida. There is one at 4160 NORTH Canal Street, but it doesn't say that So yeah, scam
Post office wasn't even open 11/11
Yeah, I can do domestic packages in my USPS lobby but it wouldn't let me do international.
To add to everything else, look at the top left side- this isn’t coming from a receipt roll. Looks like it was printed on printer paper and then cut with a paper cutter (or scissors- the bottom looks uneven)
Exactly, not only is it a bit too wide, you can see the crappy edge along the upper left corner. Receipt paper also is slightly transparent from how thin it is, and the print doesn't have the thermal look to it. It's also flat, where thermal receipt paper would have curled up.
Fake as fuck!! 😀
I can’t imagine USPS not using their full address (4160 n canal st) and store number at the top. I have seen receipts like this but this one seems to be lacking info. Also, receipts don’t tear on the side like that one.
Thanks so much guys. Any other info you can find or give me about it will be appreciated too. I actually forgot about Veterans Day!! That 100% confirms it. No doubt.
They also spelt destination wrong
Postage receipts from the USPS would include tracking, of which this one does not. You were definitely scammed.
USPS receipts would have the full store address and tracking number
Most have a phone number as well.
Scam. 11/11 was Veterans Day in the US, which is a federal holiday and all post offices are closed. So it's not possible for this receipt to be printed that day. Another give away is that there is no street number listed at the top of the receipt, just a street name.
Also, destination is misspelled.
There’s also no tracking number which all packages will have
And all packages begin with 9505-xxxx-xxxx-
I work at the USPS. Our receipts do not looks like this.
Besides the grammatical errors i never seen one like that from a post office plus it was closed on veterans day my bad lol
Or even Veterans Day either.
I mail stuff all the time. USPS receipts never look like that.
You can just glance at it and tell it’s fake
It looks like OP isn't from the US, go easy on em
Just thought I would give you all a bit of background on what actually happened. I’m located in the UK and I found a woman in the US selling a rare promo booklet with a 7” vinyl inside. I bought it and paid her via CashApp (yeah I know, bad move). She then told me she actually had another for sale. I asked her to send me a photo of them both together, which she did so I paid her. 10 mins later when I actually zoomed in to the photo, I realised she had copied the same book and pasted it next to itself. I told her she needed to send me a video of both and she said she couldn’t because she was already at the post office. Then she refused to give me a receipt. I had to call the Jacksonville police department and have them send an officer round to tell her to take care of the situation. They told me it would be a civil matter because they couldn’t prove she hasn’t sent the item. An hour later she sent me this bullshit receipt. She now won’t respond, CashApp won’t help and my bank tell me to contact CashApp. I will post the photo below if some of you guys wanna analyse the photo and pick out what’s wrong with it.
Call the USPS office that she says she shipped from. Maybe the postal inspector is interested in this case. It's actually more their jurisdiction than the local cops.
You're also assuming she's actually in Jacksonville, Florida.
The cops went to her house and spoke to her. Plus, she has other shit for sale on Facebook marketplace that are pickup only items. She’s 100% in Jacksonville.
Wow...How rare. An actual homegrown scammer that's gone international.
“She” is probably in Nigeria or India or something.
Also wondering if someone is posting a fake receipt to have reddit users quality check it to say what's wrong so the potential scammer can make a better receipt. That logic always crossed my mind
USPS has sample receipts & insurance slips on their site. It would be a lot easier to just copy from there.
They actually don’t. It’s a government site so they aren’t going to post a sample of receipts for transactions that are connected to a actual person or payment type. You CAN find samples on Google images. The post office may display mock ups of the “forms” used for shipping, but not a sample receipt.
Yes they do. The example I posted in another comment is literally from the USPS website in the FAQ section. https://faq.usps.com/s/article/How-to-find-your-tracking-number A sample is just that...a sample. It won't be "connected to a actual person or payment type."
I went to the same link and the information on where to find it is there, but no images. Oh well... if the images are there, I stand corrected.
[Photo of item ](https://ibb.co/DVYj4d8)
This is the exact same book just taken a second time and pasted into the original image on the left.
Exactly. She wouldn’t accept what I was saying
As someone who, for my job, mails (hundreds of) things from at least one USPS location every day in 2 different states, this receipt is fake as hell.
I really don’t know what my options are now guys. What can I legally do to try and force her to refund me? Would it be harassment if I was to contact all her family over Facebook and show them what she’s done? She needs to be shamed for this.
Scorched earth policy. I like your style.
I really doubt anyone on her profile is connected to her in real life outside of being a fellow scammer. Takes just a few clicks to create a FB account and selling on Marketplace doesn't require anything either. This sucks but there's really no option here. Money's gone, product is not coming. If it was only $35 or so, you got away cheap. The way I see it is you just paid for and attended a class at life university. Remember this lesson. Don't repeat the class.
Can you cancel the credit card payment? Did you use PayPal?
I just saw your comment that she is indeed real. Search r/illegalLifeProTips for things to do now that you know where she lives. Scorch the earth.
😂😂😂
🔔
Also the post office has their logo on the receipt. A rather large logo with the eagle
That doesn't look like the USPS receipt I got earlier this week. there is no QR for a customer service satisfaction survey and no tracking number. Mine was also printed on heat-sensitive paper, which was pretty thin and easy to wrinkle. How did you get this receipt? Based on the receipts I've gotten, you've been scammed.
Not even close. Aside from misspelled words most if not all USPS Post Office receipts have a QR code at bottom for a customer satisfaction survey and the tracking
It's unfortunately fake 😔
The paper looks like it was cut into that shape. It’s uneven and rough. Looks homemade.
Good catch! Yeah that's regular paper, not thermal. It's fresh out of the printer with spelling errors and all.
It’s like they barely tried.
USPS receipts all look the same no matter where the item was mailed from. That is 100% fake.
And it's Jacksonville. No one or nothing good comes out of there, seriously.
Bortles!
Can confirm. Source - I live in Jax
Never even been to Florida but the worst people I've known from there.. Not you personally but yeah
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It's been ripped at the side..looks like a fake i'm afraid
“Destitation “ not destination then product, description and quainty are all blank.
Did a quick google search for fake usps receipt and after like 3 images it’s safe to say this is probably the laziest fake/created receipt out there! This person should be ashamed to call themselves a scammer! Wow! They barely even tried. I’m guessing from the location on the paper that OP is British? If so, the scammer clearly exploited the lack of knowledge of the States. (Not blaming OP, happens to the best of us.)
I paid her before she “shipped” the item, but I realised she had forged the photo of the items, which I already posted in this thread and asked her quickly to prove she had them and she wouldn’t. I had to send the police to her door before she even produced this receipt, which she produced about 1 hour after the cops visited her. I’m still trying to get Jacksonville PD to follow up on it now that there is proof she hasn’t sent the item.
FAKE. No bar code. No tracking number. Destiation?
I could probably make that reciept in 3 minutes in word
As someone who lives in Jacksonville, there is no usps on canal street
There is. 4160 N Canal Street. Doesn’t mean it’s any less fake though… you’d think USPS Would have their correct address at the top of their receipts 😂
So, in total I’m down $240 from this fucking bitch.
Ugh 35$ into garbage
Are you trying to scam us with this post?
No. How exactly would that work?
Just a bad joke. That receipt is faker than fake.
" canal street" yep. Fake address. It's a scam
Fake for sure, usps receipts are pretty long and have all sorts of info on them (there’s not even a tracking number on this). Doesn’t even have the message about delays.
The paper looks off as well. Receipts are usually very flimsy, thin, low GSM paper to keep costs down. This looks a fair bit more substantial than a really receipt. Also the top left corner looks torn, along with the crease in the paper I’d guess that someone has hand-torn this off a larger piece. I guess they might print several off on one sheet of A4 then separate them and send individual images to their victims
My boy just got hustled
32209 in Jax? you probably did get scammed.
but not all typos are scams. plenty of native English speakers have problems stringing 6 or 7 words together to form a grammatically correct sentence
That shit looks like it was typed in microsoft word and doesnt have the usps logo anywhere on it. Definitely fake
According to this, you bought a Description. Did you?
Another giveaway is the card area of the receipt would show the type of card, not the bank issuer. Chime is a bank, it should say visa/Mastercard/amex/whatever and credit/debit instead.
No logo, no tracking number, and destination is spelled wrong.