Postmaster helps prevent more victims of sweepstakes scam  A
postmaster stepped in to help prevent more people from falling
victim to a sweepstakes scam. February 20, 2014 12:00:00 AM PST
U.S. Postal inspectors say a scam involving hundreds of millions
of dollars is an easy trap.  However, one post office manager
stepped in to help prevent more victims.  "They believe the
scam, and it's hard to convince them that you were taken," said
Postmaster William Gomez.  "They" are postal customers that
William Gomez sees every day.  "You get to know your customers
on a personal level, and you know what they receive
monthly/weekly almost," said Gomez.  Which is why he became
suspicious when he noticed one of his customers was coming in
more regularly.  "Once there was numerous pieces, several weekly
express pieces going and coming from out of the country -- a
flag was just set off an alarm immediately," said Gomez.  The
postmaster says he began to suspect his customer had gotten
entangled in a lottery sweepstakes schem