With the holiday season now in full swing, thieves are looking to steal your packages. It happened recently to several people in Queens. TimMcNicholas spoke to the experts, who say this could have been prevented.
-- The holiday season is now in full swing, and so are the thieves looking to steal your packages.
Sources tell CBS2 Amazon was supposed to deliver the packages to Bay Ridge, not the Jamaica post office. Now, the postal police officers' union is pointing to this mishap as an example of why they say an officer should be patrolling the post office overnight. "This is a growing threat," said consumer watchdog Teresa Murray, with the U.S. Public Interest Research Group."Particularly when it comes to merchandise and that you might worry about not getting it or it getting stolen, you have far, far greater protections with credit cards," Murray said.But as this example shows, it still might get swiped.
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