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Gillette Ups Worker Saves 78-Year-Old Woman from Falling for $5k Scam

23 points by LinuxBender 3y ago

silisili 3y ago
For anyone as confused by the title as I was, it's about a UPS worker from Gillette, WY.
- dataveg 3y ago
  Thank you, I was just about to call my neurologist.
  - kalupa 3y ago
    your gillette ups neurologist?
- LinuxBender 3y ago
  I probably should have editorialized it to just be "UPS worker"
  - silisili 3y ago
    I think just all capping UPS would have been helpful. I kept reading it as 'Shaving-company raises worker saves 78 year old'...
    - LinuxBender 3y ago
      HN did that and I did not catch it. I usually catch it when the system changes what I paste in.
MerelyMortal 3y ago
> 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?
- runnerup 3y ago
  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/updt_002.htm#:~:text=Currency%20(i.e.%2C%20coins%2C%20Federal,except%20where%20prohibited%20by%20standards https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2023/pb22620/html/upd.... 1: https://www.ups.com/us/en/support/shipping-support/shipping-special-care-regulated-items/prohibited-items.page#:~:text=UPS%20Prohibited%20Items,-Examples%20of%20items&text=Bank%20bills%2C%20notes%20or%20currency,human%20embryos%20or%20components%20thereof https://www.ups.com/us/en/support/shipping-support/shipping-...
danielfoster 3y ago
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-illegal/ 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.

23 points by LinuxBender 3y ago

silisili 3y ago

For anyone as confused by the title as I was, it's about a UPS worker from Gillette, WY.

dataveg 3y ago
Thank you, I was just about to call my neurologist.
- kalupa 3y ago
  your gillette ups neurologist?
LinuxBender 3y ago
I probably should have editorialized it to just be "UPS worker"
- silisili 3y ago
  I think just all capping UPS would have been helpful. I kept reading it as 'Shaving-company raises worker saves 78 year old'...
  - LinuxBender 3y ago
    HN did that and I did not catch it. I usually catch it when the system changes what I paste in.

MerelyMortal 3y ago

> 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?

runnerup 3y ago
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/updt_002.htm#:~:text=Currency%20(i.e.%2C%20coins%2C%20Federal,except%20where%20prohibited%20by%20standards https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2023/pb22620/html/upd.... 1: https://www.ups.com/us/en/support/shipping-support/shipping-special-care-regulated-items/prohibited-items.page#:~:text=UPS%20Prohibited%20Items,-Examples%20of%20items&text=Bank%20bills%2C%20notes%20or%20currency,human%20embryos%20or%20components%20thereof https://www.ups.com/us/en/support/shipping-support/shipping-...

danielfoster 3y ago

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-illegal/ 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.