Fake UK stamps blamed on Chinese-made counterfeits
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People are unknowingly buying fakes from Chinese firms through online marketplaces, reports suggest.

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Reports suggest a rise in complaints that stamps bought from legitimate stores are being deemed counterfeit. Anyone who receives a letter with a fake stamp is charged £5 by Royal Mail.

Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith told BBC Breakfast: “China is behind it.”

A Royal Mail spokesman said: “We are working hard to remove counterfeit stamps from circulation.”

Consumers are being warned to look out for strange perforations around the edge of a stamp, a shine to the surface or the colour looking off.

  • wahming@monyet.ccEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Yeah, China’s also behind all the postmasters who were knowingly charged with theft for software bugs. Damn them Chinese!

  • TJA!@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 months ago

    So to really annoy some people I just have to send them some letters with fake stamps so that they have to pay £5 for each one?

  • NickwithaC@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Who buys stamps anymore? Just go in and get them to print a label. They aren’t scary, have a human interaction for once.