SCAM At Zambia Postal Services

Dear Editor,
In the past few months, I have sent a number of packages to Zambia, and so have many other Zambians here in the USA. Most of the packages have gone missing in Zambia to the disappointment of the sender and the expectant receiver. Our Zambia Postal Services needs to be restructured and bring in new people who have good work ethics and not the corrupt elements we have at the Post Sort Facility in Lusaka who steal people’s items.

I thought I was one of the few people who were experiencing these problems that once I sent my parcel to Zambia, it never made it. After talking to other Zambians here, many also complained of the same problem. They are either victims of the Zambia Postal Services or know about other people who have had their packages stolen in Zambia

The Zambia Postal Service has a scam of stealing parcels sent from abroad. When a parcel arrives at their sort facility, they do not scan it and take it to some other place where they open and share the contents among themselves or put them on the market. A person who once worked for the Post Office in Zambia told me that this has become worse in recent past. Any letter coming from USA or Europe is opened by these “thieves” who think there are some Dollars or Euros in the envelopes.

The Zambia Police and Airport Security must close all the loopholes to ensure that the packages received are scanned and make it to the intended recipient without tampering with the packages.

Kevin Nonde

Concerned Zambian in USA

Posted by Admin on January 20, 2013. Filed under Letters To The Editor. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

9 Responses to SCAM At Zambia Postal Services

ba medza Reply

January 20, 2013 at 2:48 pm

Ahhh! Ku USA? Nikwamushe ka?
Blaise Collins MBULO Reply

January 20, 2013 at 2:52 pm

Too bad if thru is happening.what is the postal people saying?
Blaise Collins MBULO Reply

January 20, 2013 at 3:00 pm

Meant that not thru
Kabudo Reply

January 20, 2013 at 3:01 pm

I used to think I was the only one.registered items go missing.even after follow up,they can’t be traced.i sent some medical books to my cousin and these thieves store them.though expensive,DHL is the answer .
kk Reply

January 20, 2013 at 7:21 pm

Wrong have an illiterate living in US. You still use the Post. How! I think this story is untrue. In US you chose to use the post how? Which company in US connects to Zed through the postal services.
Kibinda waba Kabwa Reply

January 20, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Its a true story this; i have personally experienced the problem so this time around i always give the person a number so that they start chassing it up. Thats the idea; once you give a tracking number, and start making noise they realise and start releasing the parcels. Very ****** indeed. I have ended up opening a FedEx account to send parcels to Zambia.
Joe Reply

January 20, 2013 at 7:47 pm

I have lost a lot in the post.you can not trust them anymore,and now I use DHL.If you send thru the post you lose or it will be delayed for at least 2months even when you paid first class.I have lost phones,books,etc no longer use them.Very unprofessional.no ethics.
chishala Benjamin Reply

January 20, 2013 at 8:21 pm

Its poverty in Zambia. Workers in parastatal companies are not well paid and are usually very un professional and lack proper qualified management. I would advise you to use DHL or Fedex
Jungle Boy Reply

January 20, 2013 at 10:48 pm

It is true that such scams are happening. Am a regular receiver of Christian resources from the post office.

I sometimes find my parcels open. I wonder why they behave like this. It is pityful.

201y and pipo are still behaving otherwise? One wonders.

As others have put it, all my parcels are now being tracked though these guys always open my parcels.