Scammed Out of Laptop. Pleading with USPS to stop package.

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Long story short:

I'm a brand new seller on eBay. This was literally the first thing I sold, my old laptop. Well, I fucked up. I got an email from a fake PayPal domain that a payment was processing, and a notification on eBay saying that payment had been posted. I literally thought that's how it worked.

The guy contacts me, asks me to send it to a different address. Sounded really nice and upfront, saying it was a gift for his son at an army base (I know, I know, looking back I feel like a moron).
So I ship it. Next day I'm talking with PayPal and literally while I'm on the phone I'm re-reading the email they sent me and notice a typo down at the bottom of the letter. I go "oh SHIT," explain to PayPal what happened, and immediately call the post office.

I file an interception claim immediately (this is the morning after I shipped the package). I call customer affairs and open a case. The woman tells me not to worry, the package is sitting in the post office (I'm in Denver). I ask her if I can come get it, she says no.

I call again the next day. I'm told I was assigned a case manager who was supposed to call me. I tell them she didn't. They tell me she'll call me -- I tell them "please hurry, I'm dealing with fraud here and I'm out $1000. The package is sitting in your facility."

Nothing from them. I get no call. I call again and just start getting voicemails.
On the tracking I have for the package, it now says SUCCESSFULLY INTERECEPTED IN HOUSTON (the destination).

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