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USPS money order theft

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At this point I would persue filing a scam/fraud report with your local police and they should contact the police where the USPS Money Order was cashed.
That’s what I tried this morning. Local Sherriff, deputy in the county I live in, he sent me to the PD in the city it started in which happened to be a neighboring county, the PD sent me to the county Sherriff it was cashed in, he then sent me to the PD in the city it was cashed in, the PD sent me back to the USPS since it was cashed at the post office. Really it has been a rat race of passing the buck!
 
PP, Zelle or personal check... any other money order or USPS money order is a pita.
If a USPS money gets lost or stolen it can be frustrating, but it's still the most secure combination for both the buyer and seller. If F&F PP or Zelle is used there is almost no recourse by the buyer. Civil Court is the only recourse.

How many times has the Forum Boss put out not to use PP Friends and Family or Zelle, and for good reason.
 
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Really I had my banking info stolen from my PP acct so has my nephew its canceled now.
Anybody who thinks electronic stuff is safe there crazy. Since I've stopped all electronic banking or paying bills not once has any CC or bank info has been stolen.
Curious, how was it stolen from PP? Did someone login as you or did they break into PayPal?

No, nothing is safe. Paypal has multiple layers of protection for me though, from login to disputes.
 
I take a photo of the USPS money order filled out, along with the envelope filled out and stamped, if a regular envelope. Add a priority envelope and receipt if I go that way. I send the photo to the recipient. The beauty of the money order is being able to verify via 1-800 number it’s valid if receiving it, and verify the date and time it was cashed if sending it. Fees for the money order are the same if one dollar or $700.

I try to not put any info related to guns, firearms, weapons, etc on the envelope if at all possible.

There are probably bigger problems with USPS than money orders. Tracking and automation come to mind. I watched a package bounce between two mail centers and rack up 1000-1100 miles recently at about 100 miles per trip, until both the seller and myself initiated some human intervention to get the package correctly routed and delivered. On a Sunday no less…
 
Really I had my banking info stolen from my PP acct so has my nephew its canceled now.
Anybody who thinks electronic stuff is safe there crazy. Since I've stopped all electronic banking or paying bills not once has any CC or bank info has been stolen.

How do you know it was stolen from PayPal?

I just used my PP linked credit card at a vending machine ... if it's stolen, it could be from one of a few hundred different places, only one of which is PayPal.
 
And what are you out as a result? Just have to get a new card?
Its a pain in the a$$ and alot less B.S. Especially when you get a phone call at 6.am that somebody is in S.C. is trying to charge 3500.00 on your C.C. or in N.Y. at a Hotel, in Florida at a Hotel. Twice from the local hospital. To hell with that.
 
I just call them and say "These charges aren't mine", they remove them and send me a new card. It's a little bit of a hassle with all of the places I have it saved, but no big deal overall. I'm out $0.

I'll be the OP wishes he had that charge reversal protection (0 Liability) right now.
 
Had my United CC attached to my United account so I could buy something on flights kept getting emails for requests to change my password when I didn't so I called United to tell them to change my acct info because somebody obviously was trying to get into my acct had to argue with them because they wanted me to change my email I said no way change my log in info finally they did now no more B.S.and no CC attached to acct.
 
I just call them and say "These charges aren't mine", they remove them and send me a new card. It's a little bit of a hassle with all of the places I have it saved, but no big deal overall. I'm out $0.

I'll be the OP wishes he had that charge reversal protection (0 Liability) right now.
No he won't because its on a firearm, PP won't do shit on firearm related stuff.
 
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