Christmas shipping deadline quickly approaching, USPS warns customers of scams

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- If you're procrastinating erstwhile it comes to vacation shopping, oregon shipping, clip is moving out!

The deadlines to marque definite your packages get connected clip are accelerated approaching.

It's the jolliest and busiest clip of the twelvemonth for the United States Postal Service.

The past week earlier Christmas, means gifts for loved ones nationwide are making their mode crossed authorities lines.

Action News spoke with Henry De La Torre, the postmaster for USPS successful Fresno, astir however unit members grip the vacation rush.

"We program to hole for this, and we're delivering for America. Our ngo is to guarantee those packages that are needed. get delivered wherever they request to be. So we're doing everything connected our part," said De La Torre.

Nationwide, the postal work hired seven-thousand seasonal employees.

Locally, a mates of twelve were brought connected but it's besides important for customers to bash their portion by gathering deadlines.

"1st people message and crushed precedence you got until tomorrow, the 18th and precedence message you got until Thursday, the 19th and if you miss those dates you got 1 past chance. That's explicit message connected the 21st, But that's going to outgo a small spot more," said Henry.

Cost for shipping depends connected value and distance.

Ruby Huerta works astatine the Package Depot successful Visalia.

She says radical should travel prepared with a written code acceptable to go.

"To warrant that they get determination connected clip for Christmas we decidedly privation to get those packages retired arsenic soon arsenic possible, and being this is the past week determination volition beryllium a batch of radical coming successful and wanting to get things shipped out," explained Ruby.

Small concern proprietor Sarah Knowles stopped by the Package Depot.

Her paintings are headed southbound to Bakersfield arsenic a gift.

"I had to hold for the gloss to dry, oregon other I would person done it a small earlier. But yes, contiguous is beauteous overmuch the past time to get it astatine slightest determination adjacent connected time," said Sarah.

Experts accidental radical should besides beware of shipping scams.

For example, a connection is circulating claiming it's the US Post Office, asking radical to click connected a nexus due to the fact that determination was a occupation with a package.

The USPS says its connection is done done message and radical tin cheque tracking done its website.

Finally, if you're expecting gifts astatine your doorstep, beryllium alert of structure pirates.

"If you spot oregon perceive thing that looks suspicious. Please telephone your section instrumentality enforcement. We privation to beryllium definite that those packages request to beryllium wherever they are, because, unfortunately, structure pirating, it's not lone successful the Fresno area, but each crossed the country," Henry explained.

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