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Text USPS to 50409 is not a scam. It is a petition to save the United States Postal Service(USPS) because President Trump has blocked potential emergency funding for the agency. It tells your reps to support the United States postal service with the message in the image below. The Postal Service’s decades-long financial troubles have worsened dramatically, as the volume of the kind of mail that pays the agency’s bills (first-class and marketing mail) has withered during the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Due to this, the USPS needs an infusion of money to stay afloat.

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The Text USPS to 50409 Petition

Text USPS to 50409 to tell your Senator #SaveThePostOffice
Save the United States Post Office! Text ‘USPS’ to 50409 to sign the petition and send letters to your elected officials.

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Aug 16, 2020 at 6:57 AM by an anonymous user from: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

I don't know what text USPS followed by numbers means. Do we just put in the numbers?

Aug 20, 2020 at 2:10 AM by an anonymous user from: Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

me either and nobody's care to tell us!!!

Aug 18, 2020 at 9:47 PM by an anonymous user from: United States

50409 is the number that you send the text with “USPS” to. Then it will walk you through the steps

Aug 17, 2020 at 2:06 AM by an anonymous user from: Long Beach, California, United States

No. You create a text and where you would put the phone number or contact is where you type 50409 the in your message you can type anything like USPS and hit send. The reply will be an automatic response. Follow the instructions from there.

Aug 16, 2020 at 7:19 PM by an anonymous user from: Dallas, Texas, United States

The number is the number you're texting (like a phone number) and "USPS" is the message

Aug 16, 2020 at 1:59 PM by an anonymous user from: San Antonio, Texas, United States

The numbers are where you text. The USPS is the message you text to that number

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