US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Thursday that over 161,000 counterfeit US eternal stamps from China have been recently seized in Chicago.
Enforcement officials from the Anti-Terrorism Smuggling Department at the Chicago International Postal Branch have suspended eight shipments last weekend, including a total of 161,860 fake stamps that violated trademark laws, CBP said.
Authorities say all plots arrive from China and in reality they are valued at over $118,000.
However, officers were able to determine that stamps were fraudulent based on “the value of very low bills, routing, and extraordinary efforts made to hide stamps,” according to the CBP. .
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In reality, the counterfeit stamps seized will be valued at over $118,000, officials said. (US Customs and Border Protection)
LaFonda D. Sutton Burke, director of Field Operations Chicago, praised the highly trained CBP officers and experts who stopped the forgers from profiting from “very realistic” fake stamps.
“The counterfeiters are only interested in making profits,” Sutton Burke said. “They don't care about the impact that fake postage has on their ability to send important emails.
CBP officials identified eight cargoes from China as containing “very realistic counterfeiting,” and stopped fake stamps from reaching their destination, officials said. (US Customs and Border Security, File)
“Our executives and experts are some of the most highly trained in the country, and their level of expertise is evident in these seizures,” she continued. “CBP officials were able to identify these very realistic counterfeits and stop them from reaching their destination.”
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The quality of the seized fraudulent stamps was poor, but CBP warned that most consumers cannot detect the difference between fake and real stamps as advances in counterfeiting have significantly improved quality. I did.
As shown in the photo above, the real eternal stamps are always on sale at the same price as regular first class email stamps. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, File)
An increase in counterfeited US post office postal stamps usually occurs on holidays, particularly “a lot of card holidays like Valentine's Day.”
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CBP reminded the public that authentic postage stamps are being produced at the US Sculpture Bureau in the United States.
