Package Forwarding & Reshipping Job or Scam?
Seems like for every person that seeks legitimate work at home opportunities there are thousands or more that want to scam them out of their hard earned money.
Unfortunately this is the reality of the situation that we must face and deal with. We take this very seriously on our blog. With the economy being in the state it is, None of us can afford to be investing money in scams when there are actually legitimate career options such as Medical Transcription, Being an Affiliate, etc.
Recently we’ve had an onslaught of positive comments and thanks from many of you who were able to avoid scams such as wire transfer and check cashing because of articles you read here.
So with that in mind I just want to introduce yet another scam to avoid. By the way, this is a real scam. This isn’t one of the cases where you tried a work at home opportunity and couldn’t make money so now you’re calling it a scam. This isn’t one of those misrepresenting rebate processing, typing, data entry or survey lists. The following scam is the type that will not only lose you money but you may also end up losing your freedom. So listen up!
So what is Package Forwarding or Re-shipping Work At Home Opportunity?
Unfortunately, it’s not working at home for UPS, FED EX, DHL or the USPS shipping packages. This so called opportunity is more like a variation of wire transfers or check cashing scams. It’s no surprise that the scam artist wouldn’t deviate much from other successful scams. After all, "if it ain’t broke, why fix it?". But from time to time they make some slight variations to see if they can sucker even more people like us.
So here’s how it works in a nutshell. Re-shipping also known as "package forwarding" usually starts with an emailed job offer. Just like the common Nigerian scam, these so called "employers" offer up phony contracts and other documentation to make them appear legitimate. They may even reference legitimate company names and physical address in their emails (like Microsoft or some other major company you already trust.) Once they have lured you into a sense of security, the packages are shipped to your home at no cost to you. You are provided with instructions to reship the packages to another address (Usually a P.O. box) Once you have reshipped the package you report back to the company so you can get your check.
Sounds good, right? You just need to sit there and wait for your check now. But guess what? It’s not a check that arrives at you door. Instead it’s your local boys in blue (POLICE) or if you’re really lucky, the feds (F.B.I.). And what they’re bringing you is a one way ticket to "club fed" aka prison, jail, the slammer, etc. You’re now considered an accessory to a crime and may be even found "guilty" of receiving and shipping stolen property.
Identity Theft With A Twist Of Lime…
Most of us have heard about identity theft. Usually the victim is one person whose identity has been stolen. However no one really talks about another element of it which comes into play with today’s scam. Reshipping or package forwarding schemes actually double the adverse effects of identity theft. It creates two victims, the person whose identity has been stolen and a person who becomes a package forwarder or re-shipper. The reason is that when you re-ship these packages on behalf of these so called legit companies, you’re actually shipping stolen merchandise to the real criminals who stole someone’s identity. Now when criminals commit identity theft or credit card schemes, they know not to ship the stolen goods to their homes. It’s a really dumb way to get caught. So this re-shipping "job" was hatched to easily move stolen goods using us as a unknowing mules. This is also the reason they tell you to ship to a p.o. box. This way they can’t be traced when you finally realize you’ve been punked. Except no one is laughing when everything has been figured out.
So What Should You Do?
Isn’t it obvious by now? Don’t fall for it! It’s NOT a job and may cause an unwanted visit by the boys in blue. But if you have already fallen victim to this, you may want to be proactive and report all the details below so others can avoid it. Include any emails, names, addresses, etc. The more information you can provide, the better it will be. This way when people do a search online, this article will come up and help others avoid this scam!
The only forwarding you should be doing is sharing a good joke or an informative article like this one. So the moral of this story is to do your research! You don’t need me to figure out what companies are scams, just follow the steps in our scam video by clicking here. You’ll know just as much as I do. I’m not some magical scam guru, I just do my research using the techniques in the video and you can too!
Hopefully we saved many more of you from becoming another victim of this twist on identity theft. I’ll say it again for good measure, don’t get involved in something like this. I don’t care if they said Jesus thought it was a good idea. It’s not! You’ve been warned!
If you’re looking fo traditional jobs, try visiting our jobs page. If you’re looking for our personal recommendations of ways to make money quicker than waiting for a traditional job and want more advice, visit our articles page.
Contrary to popular belief, you do have a lot of options, if you’re open minded! I know how desperation sets in when you’ve been spending months or even years searching for a work at home job. But don’t allow your desperation to cloud your judgment. There are plenty of little and big ways to make money at home that don’t involve traditional work at home jobs. You just need to be open minded and willing to give them a shot. Our articles page will guide you through your options.
Good luck either way!
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That is too funny! I can’t believe I didn’t pick up on that...
I am ashamed to admit that I fell victim to this type of scam. It seemed kind of fishy to me but, being unemployed and needing money, I tried it anyway. The supposed job offer was from a company who called themselves The Olsen Stores based in the U.K. I went to their website, which appeared to be legit, and replied that I was interested in the job. They sent me an email with a UPS tracking number and shipping label for me to print out and paste onto the package when it arrived. A package came a couple of days later and I followed the instructions and took it to FedEx to drop it off. FedEx took the package and I was on my way. I emailed them, as instructed, to let them know I shipped the package.
A couple of weeks went by and I hadn’t heard from them, or received any compensation. Yesterday I received a bill from FedEx stating I owe $165.15 to ship that package. I knew right away that it had been some kind of scam. There was no way I was going to pay that. I sent an email to the supposed package director, Marsha Garrett, who sent the shipping information. I wrote that there was no way I was going to pay anything to ship their package and that I would have no part in any future corresponence with them.
ReplyI have not yet had the police or feds to my house. I do plan to report this incident. Hopefully I can avoid any legal trouble. I may come off as a complete moron, but it’s better than going to jail.
Hi Jon,
First and foremost let me thank you for sharing your experience and providing so much detail. No you’re not a moron and should not feel ashamed. Scam artist are very sneaky and good at what they do. They play on our desperation, fears and vulnerabilities. So it’s no wonder so many of us have fallen victim to them.
With that said, I think you’re taking the right steps. I don’t really think the feds or police want to put victims in jail. Who they really want are the people committing the crimes. So I think coming forward and being honest should work to your benefit. With that said I’m not a lawyer or police officer so consult a local expert as they would know more than I would.
You just have to view this as a learning experience and don’t let it bring you down. There are legitimate ways to make money at home. And hopefully as you read through our articles, you’ll find the right opportunity or opportunitieS for you. We try to cover a wide range to fit everyone’s situation. So I hope you take the time to explore your options. Don’t let the scammers win by making you give up on your dream of working at home. If I can do it, then anyone can.
We all just need to continue to share information like you did here. This way we all avoid the scams and stick to the opportunities that can make us money.
Thanks again for sharing. I really admire your bravery for telling your story. Being scammed is nothing to be ashamed of. Life is funny, sometimes we learn best by making mistakes. Lord knows I’ve made tons of them and continue to do so every day. My forgiving wife will attest to this. lol
Take care.
Eddy
ReplyNice post, I always thought that these kind of proposals where scams but didn’t know it was related to money laundering, stolen goods and so on…
That’s pretty scaring and it’s why I always advise working from home candidates to work with a trusting and legitimate company.
Nicole
ReplyHi Nicole,
Thanks! I hear ya. The only problem is that scam artists aren’t stupid. They’ll include real legitimate company names in their email proposals. So that’s why people are more inclined to fall for this scam.
It’s not as easy as it use to be. The best thing to do is always research when in doubt.
Eddy
ReplyI found one of these on craigslist…
After 3 or 4 replies with no definitive information from them, but a request for all of my personal information, I decided to google “shipping /work at home” and found this site.
My question, is there someone or somewhere we can report this information to?
ReplyHello Jon,
I applaud you for humbly submitting your post. When people share these kinds of experiences as you have, it helps so many tremendously.
I wish you all the best in finding legitimate work from home.
ReplyYou should report all the details of the scam artist here including their name, email address, the ad used, etc. So when people do a search this post will come up.
You can also report these folks to some of the scam prevention websites we’ve listed here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/2008/01/21/top-5-scam-fighting-sites/
The more places you spread their dirty laundry the worst off it is for them.
Hope this helps.
Eddy
ReplyHere is the advertisement:
==========================
Part Time Offer (Milwaukee)
Reply to: rrhlands@gmail.com [?]
Date: 2008-10-13, 10:45PM CDT
I’m looking for a trustworthy individual to handle my job while am
away, We are into supply of stationaries and gift items.
The job requires you to ;
Always receive shipments of stationaries (Textbooks
Re arrange the books in the boxes
Ship them out to my clients,
Keep records on files
Receive payments from clients.
Requirement
*The job requires you to have a basic computer knowledge, MS WORD EXCEL.
*Printer is needed to print out labels and other relative documents
Location: Milwaukee
ReplyCompensation: $400 weekly
This is a part-time job.
Principals only. Recruiters, please don’t contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or
commercial interests.
PostingID: 878338695
Thanks Old Dog!
That should help alert people of this fraudster when they search online.
I really appreciate you taking the time to share the ad with us.
Eddy
ReplyWow.There’s a lesson to learn.
ReplyI received this the other day, can someone tell me if it looks as though it is a scam? The lady here has called a few times, but I still have no solid information. Thank you!!!
Greetings,
You have received this message because you have published your resume at careerbuilder.com and you meet our criteria. And we offer position in our company.
Our company Solar Jewelry is one of the most prestigious manufacturers of exclusive jeweller production in the Western Europe.
SJ Production differs by uniqueness of each product and makes individually for each client.
The individual, professional approach and long-term experience allows to achieve high parameters in the jeweller industry field.
We provide the best working conditions for our employees:
Working with us you will get:
- fixed salary
- material bonuses
- a bonus for the housewives
- qualified support of the skilled manager
- work in one of the best team of the Europe
- we can help you to open credits with minimal percent
- challenging experience in the highly perspective field of business with great future career possibilities.
We also provide medical insurance and an annual salary of $50,000+ (career rise) per year. The salary is paid monthly.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask them only via email: solar.elsa.miller@gmail.com
It’s not multi-level marketing, not sales position and absolutely free for start.
We would like to point out that this job may become a good additional employment for you. You may have a primary employment or a running business and still cooperate with us because this job will not take a lot of your time.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Elsa Miller
SolarJewelry
http://www.solar-jewelry.net
ReplyHi Jeff,
I followed the steps in our scam video:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams and couldn’t really find anything on the site. But when I did a search for that elsa miller name the same email was repeated on a scam warning site.
Aside from that, there are several things that make me feel this email is BS. There are a lot of grammar and spelling mistakes in their email. Obviously I’m not one to speak considering my awful writing but that seems very weird for someone offering you a job.
The other thing is why is the person emailing you from a free gmail address rather than the company website address. That’s not very professional.
They’re also being ambiguous about the job. If I contact a prospect, I would say hey I think based on your resume you’d be a good fit for my data entry job. You have a lot of typing skills so that’s why I’ve contacted you. The fact that they don’t actually allude to your skill set or their job is suspicious.
If they don’t ask you for experience or references then that should also worry you.
So personally, I would walk away from this one. You can dig deeper and ask more questions if you want. But if they start talking about cashing checks, wiring money or any of the stuff in the article above then you already know it’s a scam.
But overall the job smells fishy to me.
Eddy
ReplyI also fell for one of those schemes. Looking back, I should have easily realized that this was a scam but I was not expecting to run into something like this. I responded to an ad on craigslist looking for a shipping assistant. After filling out a number of forms, I was informed that I was hired at $600 weekly. He even invited me to check out his ebay business quickclicksales which turned out to not be his. My so called employer Alex Nevsky supposedly ran a very busy online business and this re-routed shipping was something he did not have time for and also a way of saving the customer money. I was supposed to be paid bi-weekly and for two weeks I ran back and forth to the post office mailing out anything from car parts to shoes. After two weeks, I could no longer get in touch with “Alex”. The scariest part of this whole ordeal is receiving bills in other people’s names sent to my address. I spoke to a police investigator about but was informed that there was nothing I could do. I just hope law enforcement doesn’t show up at my door. As discussed I corresponded with an Alex Nevsky who listed his address as
121 w. 125 street
new york ny 10027.
I shipped packages to a “company” called A1 Solutions in Florida and even to an individual in Russia. The corresponding email address is quickclicksales@gmail.com. Beware of those names and be careful when responding to online ads
ReplyHi Makeda,
Thanks so much for sharing so much details about your experience with this scam.
I wish more people would do what you just did! Now anyone that reads this or does a search may avoid being scammed. I think the fact that you contacted your police department should help you avoid any issues. But if you have any concerns you should definitely ask them what you should do.
Obviously I’m very sorry to hear that this has happened to you in the first place. I think most of us come from an offline world where things like this don’t happen. So you don’t even think you need to be on guard. Lord knows I didn’t know any better when I first got into the work at home industry. But you live and learn.
Thanks again for sharing. Hopefully now that you found this site, you’ll be able to avoid future scams by following the advice in our scam video:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams
We also list some personal recommendations you may want to explore on the following page:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/article
Trust me when I say you have options so don’t let this experience stop your dream of working at home. I didn’t and eventually discovered a great work at home career as an affiliate:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/aff
So be sure to shake this off and move forward.
Thanks again for sharing.
Eddy
ReplyI received a message from someone that I added to my Yahoo Messenger list (whom I thought was a normal chatter) he was going to send me a camera, a unlocked cell phone and something else I don’t really recall.
ReplyHe briefly describe how he wanted it sent, to someone else, out the the states too I believe not even asking me about this but sending the message of what he wanted to do. He stated he would pay me and gift me for it.
I laughed of course because NOW I am not a fool! Because of this site and also sad to say I was duped with a check cashing scam a few months ago. Which I submitted 1st to my bank for Verification and it came back as unknown account information, I was going to leave it at that but the guy contacted me wanting to know if I got it and BOY I let him HAVE IT! I contacted the person and they made it seem so real telling me to contact the bank again and give them his information and to just go and submit the check not knowing I already had but for verification. They must somehow get our names when we sign up for work from home programs because I have recently received many mailings with a scam feel to them! Again I want to say, I love this site!!!
Hi Susan,
Thanks for sharing this information. It looks like they’re trying to contact people in different ways now.
I’m glad you were able to avoid this one with the information you learned here. In terms of getting our names, many legitimate companies sell our names to other companies for marketing. So it wouldn’t surprise me that they’re able to buy our contact information.
That’s why I have a “work at home email address” so my personal email account doesn’t get flooded with crap. You just never know who’s going to sell your address.
In any event, thanks for sharing. Glad you avoided getting scammed!
Eddy
ReplyPlease be aware of a possible shipping scam from a man named Bill Vazquez, email address loopmaider@yahoo.com. I found this add on the almighty Craigslist GA. He told me I would be shipping books and clothes and get paid $1800USD per month, in a nut shell.
ReplyHi Daniel,
Thanks for bringing this to our attention! This should help some folks out.
Can you post the original emails or ads that this person used so when people search online they’ll be able to avoid this scam.
Eddy
ReplyI am presently working with a company called GFS International. This is their website: http://www.gfs-intl.com/. I have been worried that this was a scam, but the site looks legitimate in every way. I sent off 1 test order and just sent a large 2nd test order to the Ukraine that cost $300 to ship. They sent me the prepaid shipping labels. When I received those I was reassured that the company was real. The products I sent couldn’t have been worth more than $1500, so I thought that was a lot of trouble for someone to go to for a little over a thousand dollars. Are any of these companies real?
They paid me thru PayPal for the 1st test order. I am still waiting for payment for the 2nd. I just mailed the package 2 days ago. If this is a legitimate company I hate to raise a ruckus, but I’m afraid of the officials showing up if it’s not. Is there any way I can check?
The name and email of the man I’m corresponding with is:
David Ray
ReplySupplies Coordinator
GFS International
Linden Strasse 14
Berlin, Germany
Tel: 49 307 469 9939
http://www.gfs-intl.com
Hi Kira,
I tried digging up stuff on this company following the techniques in our scam video:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams
and couldn’t find much. But it still smells fishy to me.
You may still want to contact the FTC.gov, bbbonline.org
or some of the other scam websites listed here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/2008/01/21/top-5-scam-fighting-sites/
to get some additional opinions.
The site looks very professional but the opportunity seems to similar to the scam above. So I would be wary.
Eddy
ReplyHi Eddy,
I recently was “hired” my Alex Nevsky as well. I received my first package today and after doing some major homework (after the fact). My warning lights are going off big time now.
I haven’t actually shipped anything yet and am waiting for instructions from my “boss”.
Is it possible to get in touch with ‘makeda’ who also posted about this same individual? I’ve only been able to find one such posting regarding this individual/business(?).
I’d greatly appreciate your help.
ReplyHi Michael,
Thanks for sharing. I would return package to sender if I were you and stop corresponding with this individual and report the activity to the FTC, BBB or any other consumer protect agency.
I think that’s the best course of action to take.
Eddy
Reply@Kira Scurro:
ReplyDear Kira, Have you learned anything significant about GFS lately? I’m “working” for the same company and had an incident a few days ago.
@devo davi:
No, Davi, I haven’t. In the week that I posted this comment I wrote to them and said I would be unable to receive any more packages. I never rec’d a response. A few more packages came, but I turned them away at the door. I have to contact UPS, who was holding a shipment in Eastern Europe for me, but for which I did not want to pay the $300 return, and see what they did with the packages.
What was your incident?
ReplyAlex Nevsky is delivering a package to me tomorrow. After researching and reading the feedback on this website. I’m going to refuse the package so it is returned to the sender. Thank you for posting as a warning to me!
ReplyHi Angel,
Glad to hear that we’ve been able to help you avoid this scam. We’re lucky to have users that actually share their experiences with these scam artists. It’s their comments that fill in the blanks that we may miss.
Eddy
ReplyHi,
ReplyMy boyfriend recieved an email from a place called Eastline Logistics and I was wondering if anyone has had anything to do with them, or has heard of them, etc. The weird thing is that the email that we recieved it from was from a Arline Blaylock @ consultants.com…just wondering if anyone had any info about them…thanks!!
Hi,
It might help if you provide a lot more details such as the emails you received, the job description, website address, etc.
At the end of the day it involves shipping stuff as the job then it’s probably a variation of the scam listed above. Scam artist may change up some things but the spirit of the scams tend to be the same.
Hope to hear from you with more details. But I think you already have an idea of what
this company is about.
Eddy
ReplyHey All,
I consider myself a fairly intelligent person but this scam almost got me. I contacted Eddy to ask his opinion not thinking I should have checked the site. Thanks Eddy, you’re the man! I can understand how someone may be taken, it all looks legit.
The company to avoid is Union Express http://www.unionexpress.biz/. BE WARE.
Thanks to WorkAtHomeNoScams.com
ReplyNo problem Rick,
Glad you contacted me and read others experiences here about package forwarding scams.
ReplyThanks for sharing the emails the scammers sent you on our scam page:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com
http://elite-courier.biz/
Replyseems like another one got this one from career builder sounds scam already
Hey Steve,
Thanks for sharing another one.
Did they send you an email? If so, please feel free to post it as well.
I really appreciate you keeping us posted.
Eddy
ReplyI started to go for this type job – responded to a craigslist ad for an ebay assistant. The ebay store is real and I tried to confirm the “job” thru them BUT 2 days later a package arrived. The person said I should relabel it and mail it out. I asked him to verify his identity thru the ebay store and I have heard nothing else from him. I still have the package. What do I do? Call the police? Call the company listed on the return label? or just give it to my husband for his birthday!NOT!!
ReplyHi Anne,
Thanks for chiming in. I think the best thing to do is just return package to sender. And yes you may want to contact the company on the label and let them know that package
was probably obtained via identity theft. Maybe they’ll be able to contact the victim of this shady scheme. If you really want to help feel free to post the emails and ads posted
by the scam artist that tried to recruit you on our scam page:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams This will help a lot of folks avoid this type of nonsense like you did.
Thanks again for sharing!
ReplyAugh!
I am a victim! I tried searching for this as a scam when I started it, and didn’t find anything, thought it was an easy way to make some cash. Now I had a ups security guy leave a business card at my house, I’ll do anything not to get in trouble! I don’t know what I can do, I’ve made about 600 bucks on this so far. I have to call the UPS guy tomorrow. Any advice?
ReplyHi Jacob,
I am so sorry to hear you’ve fallen victim to this scam. Sometimes the scam artist use new names, websites, etc. But most of the time you can still tell it’s a scam because
it still quacks like duck, talks like duck, walks like duck. So keep that in mind in the future.
Now with that said, I think the best thing to do is be honest with the UPS folks. Most of the postal services are aware of this package forwarding scam . They know people are unwitting victims. So it’s best to be upfront and provide as much info as you can and be cooperative. If you have any emails, addresses or any info that were provided by the scam artist, be sure to provide it to the ups.
Just be honest, you’re not the only victim as we can see on this page. I know how scary this can be. I was almost victim to a check cash scamming and had to go to a police station and talk to a detective. Even though I know I didn’t do anything wrong I was still nervous. I even brought my wife with me. But the detective was very understanding and said that they’ve been hearing about this scam from other law enforcement agencies. So they were basically trying to gather victims to see if they can piece information together to get the scam artists. Apparently it has worked because he told me they’ve busted a few of the scam artists. So the UPS guy may be engaged in the same effort.
Just be sure that the UPS guy is actually who he says he is. I would actually call the UPS corporate headquarters to verify this guy is who he says he is. And you may want to talk to their fraud department and be proactive. Hopefully this all works out. I can’t see these guys coming after the victim. It’s counter proactive.
Good luck either way. Keep us posted.
And if you want, please post some of the emails you received or the job description you responded to so others can avoid this.
Replyit is the same GFS international company that was posted a couple of months ago.
gfs-intl.com.
Thanks for the support! I will sleep a little easier tonight.
ReplyYou’re welcome Jacob. Glad we could provide some type of comfort.
ReplyThanks for sharing the company’s name.
I just received an e-mail from a pamela G. wood stating that I had a ( get this ) a bank draft of 2 MILLION dollars waiting for me if I would only pay a 215.00 delivery charge to DHL courier service. They tell me not to be deceived by anyone that would try and get more money from me. The 215.00 is all I have to pay. She gives me a contact person in the name of Edward Paulson and a e-mail contact which is dhl_deliveryservice11@yahoo.com.hk The headline address on the e-mail is: (office of the DHL courier service 44 Garrick Lane F.C.T. abuja ) She said she deposited the draft with DHL courier express , West Africa and by the way, her or his grammer is horrible. Ever heard of either one of these 2? I know it’s a scam.
ReplyHi again Chuck!
Long time no hear from. lol
Thanks for providing so much details about the latest scam artist.
I’ve never heard of these guys but that’s not a surprise since they use so many different aliases.
They change them like underwear.
But obviously you know it’s a scam. Hopefully your post will help others avoid these scum bags.
ReplyThanks again!
I think I have been scamed! I have been working for this company forwarding packages for the last 3 weeks! I have sent about 4 packages out and I have one box still at my house that I don’t plan on sending. I was contacted today from a guy with a foreign accent telling that I was working for a company that was about to be taken down by the FBI! He had obviouly googled me. He had information on me that was old and used it to say that he had friends in the FBI who researched me and if I want things to work out well I needed to work with him instead of the other company! I asked for information to verifiy what he was saying all he gave me was John Richards from Ohio. He gave me a website address that had nothing to do with the job he was offering me. I advised him that I would not take orders or request from someone I did not know and that I need to contact the FBI myself to make sure he was legit. He suggested I contact he contact. I told him no that I would need to do my own research. He backed down a little and changed his tone. In the end I told he I would not have anything to do with him because everything he told sound fishy. I contacted the company I am working with Cosco Logistics. The man I deal with is Michael Bronski and I told him about the call I got. He wanted all the details. I would not give him everything I got because I think he is not legit either. I kept records of what I got and I think there was some identity theft involved so I think I will be contacting the authorities. Regarding this matter. I am not easily scammed but I must admit this is a good one!!!!!!
ReplyHi Debra,
Thanks for sharing your story. I’m sorry to hear that you were a victim as well. But I think contacting the authorities is a smart thing to do so they can advise you as to what to do. This is the first time I’ve heard a scammer trying to recruit a victim from another scammer. These guys have a big pair… But it’s good you’re not going down without a fight. So applaud you and thanks for being brave enough to air these guys out. Keep us posted as to what happens.
Eddy
ReplyI think I have been scammed too!!!! I saw this job posted on craigslist on Monday and I filled out a “application and faxed it back to them….. To date I have received 3 packages that I mailed off for them…. Once I found out me being only 19 (college student) I went and deleted the email where they said send the packages too but only to realize I needed that in case the police comes after me. So I have all the information besides the address they wanted me to send the packages too….
What should I do? I have already filed a compliant with the FBI through their website, Should I also contact the local police or should I just wait to see what happens?
Reply@Kira Scurro:
How did this work out for you? I have been contacted by this company as well.
ReplyWe too have been scammed! We took the bait on the re-shipping thinking it would help us earn some much needed income after the loss of our employment. We should have know this was too good to be true. We were contacted via careerbuilder.com by an individual named Nathan Firl (nathanfirl@comcast.net). Who also said the home company was based out of the UK! With the promise of 30 days of service with the co. we were to be paid $3000 monthly; due to the hope of having this money, we waited the 30 days, and no payment or further contact was made on their part. Our family is now facing eviction! How naive of us!! Please don’t let it happen- be AWARE… as we should have been. I guess at the time it was in desperation and hopes that this could be legitamite!
ReplyJames,
I’m sorry to hear about this. The scam artist are really hitting hard because they know good people are struggling and desperate. So they’re literally preying on this. I wish you would have found our site sooner. Hopefully as you read through our blog you’ll be able to find something that can help you make money:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/workathomeguide
Good luck to you and your family.
ReplyWhy would any legitimate company need someone to “re-ship” packages for them? Why not just ship them directly to the place they need to go. I’m just curious what these scammers are using as an excuse for why they can’t just ship themselves.
ReplyOk, so I got an email from a resume I submitted off the job board on craigslist in my area, Phoenix, Arizona. I got offered a job working for Nextel Communications processing payroll. I thought that sounds great. The supervisor guy sent me multiple emails with instructions on what needed to be done and how the process for training would start, I even got a welcome to the company letter, on what looks like letterhead. I received some postal money orders in the mail and an email describing what to do with them and to keep $100 for my bonus (incentive the email called it). So I took them down to my bank and I know the one lady really well and she took them in the back for me and their assistant manager told me they were fake. Thank GOODNESS I didn’t just deposit them in my bank account and try to spend my own money like the email wanted me to..
ReplyPlease everyone BEWARE…
Are there any REAL work from home jobs.. this really SUCKS!!
Thanks for sharing your story. If possible please post the emails you received, contact information, website addresses, etc. So others can avoid this scam. By the way yes there are real work at home jobs. This site is full of them. If you look on the right of this page it has a column of job listings.
You should also visit our work at home guide: http://www.workathomenoscams.com/workathomeguide If you do you’ll find all you need to know to avoid scams and find real work at home jobs. But help you fellow work at home seekers out by posting as much detail about that scam artist.
Thanks.
ReplyThe email address is : nextelcomm1000@yahoo.com David Dunne, I have ALL the emails and letterhead forms that were sent to me.
ReplyIt truly seemed legimate and now I am stressed out. I need to find a job ASAP! I have 2 young children and am in the process of a divorce, I was counting on this income. UGH
Anyone with ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the email address and name. As I said before all the information you need to find a legit opportunity is in that guide. Just take the time to read it and apply it if you’re truly serious about working at home.
Replyhello,
i think i may be a victim of this whole package forwarding scam going on. i responded to an ad on craigslist towards the end of april. they e-mailed me back and the company name is supposedly BARS CORP with the website http://www.barscorp.com. i did google search only to find this company is fraudulant. the problem is i am holding 4 packages, yet to be forwarded and i had taken off the initial labels as i was unaware this is a scam. now, i am not sure what to do. i am a student and thought this would be a good way to make an extra source of income. should i contact the fbi and in the meantime, should i forward the rest of the packages?
ReplyHi Zwai,
Thanks for sharing your story. Obviously don’t forward the packages. Contact your local FBI office, the postal office or UPS office in your area and explain the situation. They should provide you with some guidance.
They’re very aware of these scams and will be able to offer assistance. Hope this helps.
Eddy
ReplyHello,
ReplyI was speaking to one of my friends about some packages i was receiving by different people and how i was to repack them and ship them out with a prepaid label thats when I found out it was a scam, I have couple of boxes at home and dont know what to do with them. I dont want to get in trouble or is it to late? who do i call? and what will they do to me?
Call your local police, the postal office or FBI and explain to them you think you’ve been scammed. Most of the agencies are aware of this scam. Just don’t ship the merchandise. Print up any of the emails you have received from the scammers.
Replyis there any real package forwarding or reshipping work at home jobs?
Replyi had one send me a contract does that make it legit?
Jorge,
I think we’ve made this very clear. These things are always scams. AVOID THEM & go read our scam section from top to bottom where you find tons of stories of people that fell for this scam and many others that you should AVOID: http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams
Don’t let desperation block your judgment. The fact that you’re questioning the company is your instincts telling you something isn’t right.
If you want to discover some real work at home companies visit the following pages:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/companies
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/workathomeguide
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/recommendations
Don’t do it to yourself. You’ll regret it like so many of the poor folks that have discussed this on our scam page.
Reply@Jorge:
I had the same thing a contract and a REAL business license number and a software program they emailed me to download and EVERYTHING and then it started to feel weird when I finally started getting packages and I emailed the postal inspector and he came to my HOUSE and got all my emails and the program and it was a SCAM. The postal inspector got me in touch with the companies whose products I had and had them email me shipping labels so I could send them back without charge and so I would not get in trouble..
Company name: COMPUTER PARTS AMERICA (you can even go to their website and it looks legit..ITS NOT!!!)
ReplySCAM SCAM SCAM
Thank you guys.
Replyi am a student who was unaware of this whole package scam thats been going on when i took the supposed re-shipping job as a means to make extra money. about two weeks ago, my mother had informed about a scam thats been going. i researched and came across your site. i had no idea what to do. the problem is by the time i wanted to stop, there were many packages i was receiving at my address still. to make matters worse, i was to embarrassed to tell my mother what was really going on and still am. because i live with my mother, i am now in constant fear that she may get into trouble for my mistake. and the rest of the packages i had received after learning of this disgusting scam, i ended up forwarding out of fear. what should i do next? i feel dooped and played and mostly saddened because of the grave danger i may have put my family into. i am very scared, especially after reading all of these horror stories. its greatly worrying me to the point where i can’t sleep. i have since stopped, but now i live in fear the authorities may come out my door. what would i tell my mother.
Replyfrom very scared student.
Hi Very Scared,
I’m so sorry to hear your story. It drives me crazy when people find us all after the fact. Look, in my humble opinion and that’s all it is, I would suggest contacting your local post office, authorities or FBI. They are aware that victims are getting duped into this scams and that they’re not the criminals. They can guide you as to your best course of action. It’s better for you to come forward than have them looking for you. And even in that case, they’ll be able to see that you’re not the mastermind behind this. Your mom shouldn’t be in any trouble and I doubt you will too. At the very least just call one of the mentioned officials and hypothetically tell them the situation. You have nothing to feel ashamed or embarrassed about. 90% of the people that have ever looked for a work at home job have been scammed. It’s a painful rite of passage that we all go through. But you will get through it. Just don’t let these scammers get the best of you.
Visit our scam page:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams You’ll read countless other stories like yours but you’ll also read about people fighting back. So keep your head up. The sooner you talk to the right people about the situation, the sooner you can move on with your life.
By the way do your part and provide all the details of this scammer by including the emails you may have received, the ad you responded to, etc. Help others avoid this! That’s the best way to get back at scammers.
ReplyEddy,
ReplyI was involved in this scam I have couple of electronics at home, I went to my local police station to inform them what was going on and to drop of the stolen goods, they would not take it instead they gave me a phone number for the FBI. I called the number as i was leaving the station I was unable to speak with someone I was directed to http://www.ic3.gov I went on and i could not make the proper complaint, at no time did I see the option for re-shipping scams. The website does not give you the option to explain the situation you are asked a question and then you chose one of the answers they provide. I dont know what to do anymore I have stuff at my house that I dont want and dont know what to do with. what else can I do? The scam artists keep e mailing me asking whats going on with the packages? I’ve been ignoring them for couple days now. has there been cases of people being hurt due to not doing what the scam artists asks?
Good work Eddy. I found this one on Craigslist:
work from home part time job offer
Reply to: paul_sill@yahoo.com [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-06-20, 12:12PM CDT
Do you need a part time job? I am looking for someone who can handle my personal business errands at his/her spare time. Someone who can offer me these services: Mail services: Receive my mails and drop them off at UPS(nothing illegal)Shop for Gifts Bill payment ( pay my bills on my behalf)Sit for delivery( at your home) or pick
items up at nearby post office at your convenience. Let me know if you will be able to offer me any/all of these services.
Thank you
* Compensation: 700$
* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a part-time job.
* OK to highlight this job opening for persons with disabilities
* OK for recruiters to contact this job poster.
* Please, no phone calls about this job!
* Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
My boyfriend sent him a note and here is the reply:
From: “Paul Sill”
To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 7:56:37 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: GET BACK TO ME ASAP
Hello xxx,
Where are you located? I would love to meet up with you to talk about this job but I am currently away on business. I am in Australia so there will be no interview. I will prepay you in advance to do my shopping. I will also have my mails and packages forwarded to your address. If you will be unable to stay at your house to get my mails, I can have it shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick it up at your convenience. When you get my mails/packages, you are required to mail them to where I want them mailed to. You don’t have to put money out of your pocket, all you have to do is have packages shipped to your house and do my shopping. You are allowed to open the packages to reveal its content. The content of the packages are computer and electronics, clothing’s, business and personal letters. All expenses and taxes will be covered by me. You will work between 15 and 20hrs a month. How much will you charge per every package you receive? I will pay you $300.00. That is not a bad offer is it? I need your service because I am constantly out of town.
I work in real estate and I own an Art Gallery in Australia. I will return to USA in August so this process will be on going till then. If you don’t mind, I will meet up with you when I return and then we can talk about the possibility of making this long term. Well, let me know if you are able to handle the position. I will email you the list and pictures of what to shop for when I am ready. No heavy packages are involved! You can do the shopping at any nearest stores. You will be shopping for Mails, Electronics and clothings. I will provide you my personal UPS account number for Shipping. All you have to do is provide my account number to UPS and shipping charges will be applied into the account. I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need done as well the funds to cover them. If I were to mail you money to do my shopping plus upfront payment for your service, where would you want it mailed to? How should your name appear on the money? Maybe you can provide me with the following details below:-
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
COUNTRY:
AGE:
PHONE NUMBER:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
I will be expecting your response towards my request. Hope to read from you as soon as possible. Thanks for your co-operation and understanding .
Best Regards.
Paul
ReplyCarlos, I’ve used the IC3 website several times reporting various lottery scams, supposed emails from the FBI, etc. (Give thanks to Eddy’s info on searching out scams). If I remember correctly if you work your way through the process you will find a message box where you can describe what happened. (That’s where I pasted copies of the scam emails.) There will be another box to enter any others who might know about the scam as well as a place to list any official agencies you’ve contacted. You and very scared be strong in the faith my friends. (Note be wary of the free offers on FusionCash)
ReplyHey Bruce,
Thanks for filling in the blanks for Carlos. I wasn’t even aware of that IC3 site until Carlos mentioned it. Its great we can share information with each other like this. I appreciate it.
In terms of doing offers on fusion cash or any get to try offer sites, I would encourage people to read the following article: http://www.workathomenoscams.com/2008/05/07/getpaidtotryoffers/ I’ll be the first to admit get paid to try offer sites can lose you money or send you a lot of spam. But there are easy ways to get around that stuff so you do make money. I know because i’ve made money with these sites but it’s because I applied the tips listed in the article above. So I would encourage people to read it if you plan to venture into that work at home opportunity.
Betsy, Thanks for sharing this fake job offer with us. Hopefully people will avoid it!
ReplyThanks Eddy. You’ve lead me to your post about the paid to try offers once before. I just hadn’t found it before the damage was done. It would pay for me to review it again. It seems to me it’s easy to be overloaded with information whether you’re a newbie or experienced. I found the IC3.gov site while doing a scams search and landed on consumerfraudreporting.org. I thank you again for all your help and information. If I keep working at it I’ll be “up to speed” some day so to speak. I wish Eddy, his family and everyone here a blessed Independence Day weekend a little early. I’ve been blessed in being able to attend a summer family Bible conference in Colorado this week and I don’t have a laptop so I will miss hearing from all you fine folks. Have a blessed day.
ReplyHey Bruce,
Sorry for the repeat. lol I will make it a point to link to that post on the fusion cash page so it helps people avoid the pitfalls that get paid offers can have sometimes.
I hear you about the information overload. I try to do my best to organize it which lead to my work at home guide: http://www.workathomenoscams.com/workathomeguide but truth be told there is just a wealth of information out there. At the end of the day I think the most important is how to avoid scams.
In any event, I wish you and your family a great week and independence weekend as well. Have a great time at the conference. I hear Colorado is beautiful place. How blessed are you to be visiting such a wonderful place while meeting on the Lord’s word and favor. Sounds like it’s going to be a great time. Take care and thanks for your continued insight on this blog. I really appreciate it.
ReplyOh my goodness. I received the exact same e-mail as Betsy posted above, only it was from a Jason. Thanks so much for this post. I’ve come across some scams on craiglist before, including one where the “recruiter” responded by sending a link where I was supposed to get my “free” credit score report before getting hired in order to save time. That one I could recognize as a scam from the get. But the reshipping one, it almost, just almost got me.
ReplyFirst e-mail he responded from was jason.lee2221@yahoo.com (that’s the one that was listed on craiglist), but when he did respond on that one, there were instructions to respond STRICTLY to jason.lee222@yahoo.com.
I don’t get what’s up with the two addresses, but what can I except from scum? Is there a way that these e-mail addresses could be reported and tracked to catch who is behind all this annoying/frustrating foolishness?
I recently fell into this scam. Its been a huge pain. I unfortunately forwarded 2 packages. All the other packages the merchants gladly took back (even paid shipping). Now about a month later one of the merchants is asking for a about $1000 for a guitar amp that I unfortunately forwarded. I understand if I am responsible but I just wanted to confirm on who is responsible. thanks
ReplyHey David,
I’m sorry to hear that you fell for this scam. I wish you would have found us sooner. In terms of being responsible I can’t see I would know. But I would imagine since they can’t track down the scammers they have no choice but to come after you. That’s pretty much why the scammers do this. You might want to speak to a lawyer to know for sure.
ReplyI hope this helps.
Hello All…I recently found this job scam on Monster.com..
They call themselves Natta Market Group based out of the Netherlands…gave me a number..845.704.2197…I Googled it and it came out to be a call center in NYC …Bradford Financial…I haven’t received any packages as yet but will refuse any that comes in…glad I saw this site…Thanks..Eddy
********Avoid the following Job Scam ******************
You need to be able to perform the following duties and tasks:
1. Be able to receive incoming packages addressed to your residence during business hours ( 7:30 AM to 12 A.M) in some cases as late as 3P.M. local time.
2. you should show us perfect communication skills.
and ability to reply our email messages and follow instructions within 1 hour.
3.You must be able to ship packages to our customers the same day it was received and inspected)
3. Must have:
c) Cell phone and never miss managers calls during business hours
d) General knowledge of modern consumer electronics and jewelry so you could inspect and report to us packages content and condition
e)printer/scanner available or access to public printer/scanner services
1. 4. Availability to start work by next Tuesday Aug 31.
IF everything above is fine let me know so I could start application process
Also feel free to contact me if you have any questions
Thanks, Katty
********Avoid the preceding Job Scam ******************
ReplyThanks for reporting this! Hopefully more people will avoid it. Scammers are making it a habit of using legitimate company’s brand and contact information to lure
Replyyou into a sense of security. But it’s always easy to tell they’re not the real thing when the so-called job is revealed and it sounds like the scams we’ve covered. So great use
of common sense and research.
Anybody working for Wideaccess Inc.?
This “company” offers you to receive packages, inspect them and re-ship them to Ukraine. I already received 2 packages and re-shipped them. I got my check already. ($30/package). I don’t know if this is a ‘scam’ or not. I found some information suspicius on the USPS labels they sent me to re-ship the items. They say that the items ar sent as “GIFT”. And the real value of the items is alterated to less. I don’t know if they’re traying to avoid customs fees or what.
I’m getting paid for my work, but I need to feel secure about doing this.
ReplyAlberto,
You’ve read the article above. This is a scam. If I were you I would stop immediately. They’re probably paying you with stolen money and guess who’s going to end up paying for it.
ReplyIt’s going to be you. Don’t be fooled.
Thank you Eddy.
What can I do to prevent any action against me?
Is there any web page to report this kind of scams?
Any web page?
ReplyYou may want to visit the USPS office in your area to determine how you would report this stuff. I’m sure they have procedures in place. Because
Replytrust me if you’ve already shipped something, they will be coming to you. Fortunately they are aware of these scams.
But it’s better if you come to them first and just come clean about how you had no idea what was going on.
I got this email on tuesday, has anyonr heard of or know anything about this company zed express? The english and grammer is funny also.
JOB OFFER
Company Name: ZED Express Delivery
Position Type: Virtual Office/Part-Time
Job Title: Logistics Coordinator
Website: http://www.zedexpress.com
Logistics Coordinator (LC)
The LC will be responsible for the shipping and receiving of all products. This person must know or otherwise become intimately familiar with various shipping companies and all required paperwork. The LC will be responsible for the tracking of all products and for the preparation and delivery of “proof of delivery” documents. This individual must be capable of auditing Sales Order and Purchase Order documents for correctness. The LC will be responsible for the processing of Return Merchandise Authorizations as well as for Vendor Returns. The LC will also hold responsibility for some minimal maintenance duties.
The following are some of the more significant benefits and terms and conditions of your employment.
Salary: Your salary according to the employee plan offer will consist of bonuses for every processed order, which will be paid to you in accordance with our standard payroll procedures.
*The employee plan offers:
$40 for each processed and completed order (sent parcel) if the price of the parcel is above $400 $20 for each processed and completed order (sent parcel) if the price of the parcel is under $400
P.S. You will be paid after each 5th box via money checks or via the Western Union money transfer service.
Duties
1) You will receive packages from our customers via various popular courier services such as FedEx, UPS, DHL or USPS. (We will inform you about each package ahead of time via e-mail with the subject reading “INFORMATION ABOUT PACKAGES” p.s. you have just received one of them.)
2) You will need to confirm when you receive information about packages.
3) Once a delivery is completed, you will need to confirm that you have received the package.
4) You will then need to ship this package or multiple packages combined in one box to one or more of our international offices in Europe or Asia. YOU WILL SHIP THE PACKAGES USING PREPAID SHIPPING LABELS. YOU WILL NOT NEED TO SPEND YOUR OWN MONEY! (We’ll send you an e-mail titled “Shipping label and instructions” containing a prepaid shipping label and full instructions for what to do!)
5) You will be shipping via the United States Postal Service (USPS) or UPS International. After the dispatching of each package you will need to send us a scanned or photo copied invoice. This will serve as “proof of delivery”.
We ship various electronics.
Profile:
Good communication skills.
Strong customer service focus.
Autonomy. Ability to work effectively without close supervision. Ability to address customers’ issues in a positive manner.
Enthusiastic, energetic and hard working.
Accurate.
Good sense for organization. Able to define priorities. Able to find a way to make sure projects are completed on time.
Language skills: English
PC literate (Internet, MS Office)
Modifications of Benefits: We may, in our discretion, cancel or modify any of our employee benefit plans, including those described above, at any time.
At-Will Employment: Should you decide to accept our offer, you will be an at-will employee with the company. This means the employment relationship can be terminated by either one of us at any time for any reason.
This offer will remain open for a month. If you decide to accept our offer, as we hope you will, please follow the instructions at the top of this letter.
ReplyHi Mike,
There isn’t much to know. A lot of times these scam artist will even use the name and address of a real legitimate company. But the fact of the matter is that the job description is exactly like the scam we warned about in the article. My suggestion is to delete this email and avoid such nonsense.
We have real companies listed on our companies page:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/companies and list new jobs on this site every Friday:
hwww.workathomenoscams.com/category/work-from-home-job-leads/
I hope this helps.
Take care.
ReplyThanks Eddy. I thought it was suspicious and found this sight on google, thanks for the confirmation.
ReplyYou’re welcome.
ReplyHi, I stumbled upon a site called Forwarding Helper Inc. on craigslist. At first it didn’t seem like an all out scam since they were only going to pay me $12 per package I sent out, but all the packages were going out to Russia. Then I stumbled upon this site and it is almost exactly what was described. I’ve already sent out a couple packages and I’ve notified them I am not cooperating with them anymore and would like to know who exactly do I contact in case I get anymore of these packages?
ReplyDanny,
You may want to contact the post office where you’ve already mailed some of these packages. They have people that deal with fraud and can help you with this. Most of the mail services are aware of these type of scams.
ReplyI came across a vauge posting on craigslist to be a part time package handler. In the description it just said you would be lifting and moving boxes, so I assumed it was just a warehouse position and sent a letter asking for more details. The response was crafted very well but had some very noticable red flags. The Scammer claimed he was an architect working in bahrain (after reading this I knew it wasn’t legit) looking for someone to do this scam. They threw in a little line about not “paying any money out of pocket” and that it possibly leading to a long term position to sweeten the deal. I only flagged the post but i wish there was a way to mess with the scammers.
ReplyHey Jake,
Thanks for sharing. The best way to mess with them is to spread their business so people can learn about their scam. So if you want to post the job description here so others can be warned about it, that would be a good start.
ReplyHey Eddy , New to the site just stumbled upon it because am fishy of this job offer i received on yahoo hotjobs . the job was for this company mail boxes online . the site is http://www.boxesmail.com/eng/index.php .
A guy named David milosh Contacted me about a the mail forwarding position where i will get paid monthly 2,500 , They sent a W4 forum also a i9 forum as well . They have this online panel where i am suppose to log onto daily for updates of my work and check when i will receive the packages also take pictures of them.
I to have felt the sting of the rescission were in ,and i have been desperate for work . Obviously i have been fishy about it this company so im doing my homework i have all the emails sent from them since day one and ill be glad to give the password and user name to you eddy to check it out for yourself . Perhaps it could be a scam but it seems to me like they have a pretty impressive way to make them look legit if anyone has any info please help!!.
ReplyWill,
Thanks for contacting me. Was this email unsolicited? I automatically delete job offer emails especially if the job offer doesn’t reflect any skills I have posted on my resume. So that’s one strike. Most of the scam artist use legitimate job sites like yahoo to search for resumes so they can spam people with their fake job offers.
That being said, I did my usually research by following the steps in my scam video: http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams and I really couldn’t find anything about this company. There is usually feedback one way or another. So the fact there isn’t heightens my suspicions. But ultimately I don’t have any conclusive proof it is a scam or that it is legitimate. As such I would avoid it. Desperation will often lead us to a path that may cause us more harm. So as much as I know you could use the money, I just wouldn’t want to chance it if I were in your situation. You might want to head to your local post office and ask them what they think of this company and the job they’re asking you to do. They may be able to refer you to their postal investigator offices where you can get more information.
I hope this helps either way. Just keep in mind we list new jobs every Friday here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/category/work-from-home-job-leads/ and every day on my other site http://www.workathomecareers.com
We also provide you with legitimate make money opportunities that you can start right away here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/recommendations
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/companies
So you do have legitimate options my friend. Hope this helps either way.
ReplyI have been working for Natta Market Group, Inc. for the past three weeks and I think now I may not ever see my money for shipping some packages. I also see now that I may have done something I should not have without knowing. I will from now on turn away the packages that are sent and email them and tell them I can’t receive any more packages. This is a huge blow especially since it is so close to Christmas and I am a single mother. I was merely trying to make Christmas. I have kept all email correspondence and all sent package receipts. Can you tell me what I should do? Please
ReplyHi Charity,
Sorry to hear about this. I wish you would have found my site sooner. Just read my comments above. I walk folks through what they should do. The same advice applies to you. All hope is not lost. In the mean time you can find some legitimate work at home jobs and opportunities here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/recommendations/
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/category/work-from-home-job-leads/
Please take a few hours to go and read my scam page from top to bottom including watching the video, reading the articles and comments:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams
If do put in that time and effort, I’m confident this will be the last time you’ll be scammed. This site has a boat load of information that has helped people avoid scams and make money. So everything you need is here.
ReplyIt’s just a matter of reading it. Good luck.
Hi, just like the others, I also worked for scammer for 18 days. I just reported it to FBI yesterday, they said someone will call me to tell me what should do. But, until now, nobody call me. I’m so scare that the police will come to my house and arrest me. I don’t have any record from the FBI that I already went to their office and report it. Is there anybody know whether we should get a paper or number from the FBI that we already report to them? I already gave them all the documents related to this case. The scammer named their company as Carolpady LLC.. , their website is carolpady.com they sent me I-9 and W-4, and they have my social number, also all my personal identity. I already sent 6 packages, and now since I realized that this is a scammer, I stop to sent the packages and hold the other 6 packages in my house. There’s another 2 packages that will come and I’m going to refuse them. I read another website that said the goverment agencies will not take care your case if the total lost no more than $5000. I don’t know whether it’s true or not, since the FBI never contact me until now and just keep promising that somebody will call me everytime I called them. Please help me what to do now. 6 illegal packages in my home, no proof that I already report to FBI, and I gave them all the evidence documents, no answer from FBI. Could you please advise me with this situation?
ReplyWhat happens if you keep the package and don’t forward it to the PO box?
ReplyJust contact your local post office and ask them for advice. They’re aware of this scam and can probably help you.
Either way it’s not a good idea to keep stolen merchandise.
ReplyWhat happens if you dont send the packages? will you still be contacted by the fbi or the police? can you still face charges? I would think that the scam is in sending the packages. If the packages arent sent out then they cant be traced back to you i.e you should be clear of all fraudulent activity. Could you let me know if im right or not?
ReplyThe best thing to do is contact your local post office for advice. They are aware of this scam and will be able to help you.
ReplyI too have fallen victim to the package scam. I was offered a position by the Alliant Trust Co.Inc. I was contacted by a man named Donald Robinson if that was his real name. They offered me a position as an Quality Assurance Operator at $40.00 per hour. I cannot believe how stupid and how gullible I am to believe and do such a stupid thing. My wife told me that it was a scam but I wanted to believe the best because we needed some x-tra cash. And if anyone should have suspected it as a scam, it should have been me, I am a Chaplain in a Correctional Center. I deal with scam artists all the time but this takes the cake. At present, it has not cost me anything. I received and shipped out 5 packages. They initially sent me a small kodak camera in order for me to take pictures of the contents of future packages. I was to remove the contents, take pictures of it and email it to Donald Robinson and also send him the information about the contents and remove only the invoice from the package. Please everyone be aware of this scam. I am so shook up over this, I do not know what to do. I have not heard from the police or fbi nor have I been paid by this phony company that offered me the 40.00per hr. If any readers out there has any information as to what you think I ought to do please contact me. Thanks. I hope what I have shared helps someone before it is too late.
ReplyRobbie,
Sorry to hear you fell for this. Don’t feel bad, you’re not alone. We’ve all been victims of scam artist. Learn from the mistake and just move on. Desperation leads us to doing a lot of things we don’t usually do. My recommendation is to head to my scam page and study it like a test to avoid future scams: http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams
Next just contact the post office or any mailing service to determine what the procedures are. They’re all aware of this scam. They don’t really want you the victim, they want the con artist.
ReplyI think this is a new one, but I’m not certain…Any thoughts?
Thank you for contacting Quantum Billers.
There are a limited number of openings to fill the billing personnel
positions across the state of California.
Scheduled bills are collected locally by our billing personnel via
mailed check and/or local transfer (within California), depending on
the customer being billed at the time.
So we require all our billing personnel to have a local bank account
where they could deposit and process received checks or transfers.
We pay billing personnel between $400-$500 United States Dollars per
week subject to the number of bills collected and processed within the
same period.
Requirements:
* Full name
* Date of birth
* Address
* Day time phone number
* Copy of a valid ID or Drivers Licence (this should be faxed to us)
Fax number: (510)280 1635
Thank you,
Thomas Blancett,
ReplyQuantum Billers Inc.
http://www.quantumbillers.com
Another one…
Thank you so much for your response and interest in the job offered. The job information is as followed:
Job Title: Regional Mail Dispatcher
Job Post: Regional Operation Assistant
Location: USA
Job Type: Full Time/ Part Time
Working Hours: 2 to 4 hours a day (About 10 to 15 hours a week)
Salary: $60,000 Per Annum ($5,000 Per Month, payable bi-weekly)
Description: Badgers Logistics Enterprises (B.L.E), a reliable logistic specialist, who render it’s valuable services to it’s numerous clients ranging from many Companies, Organizations, Schools, Big Firms and Uncountable Association in the United States and in Canada. B.L.E hold a strong commitment to provide quality shipping service, reliable warehousing, outstanding customer service, positive employee relations and the highest level of safety. We work with freight forwarders to accomplish most of our assignment given to us by our clients
We are currently seeking experienced Virtual Logistic Assistant/ Mail Dispatcher to work as an assistant in accomplishing our task in their respective cities and states.
Responsibilities Include:
· Maintaining a master list of all routes and trips
· Ensuring Judicious use of funds meant for freight fee payments and shipping fee payments
· Making freight fee payments and shipping fee payments in fast manner to avoid delay of packages shipments
· Ensuring that routes and trips are performed safely and on time
· Assisting freight forwarders with routing directions
· Becoming thoroughly familiar with the freight forwarders in a reasonable manner
· Performing additional duties as assigned
Position Requirements:
· High school diploma or equivalent
· Ability to use U.S.P.S, UPS and Fedex account to send out mails and packages
· Knowledge of maintaining business confidentiality
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
· Previous dispatch experience is a plus
Interested, qualified candidates should please submit their application via email to: ship001@Badgers.com
No Agency calls please. B.L.E does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies.
Yours Sincerely.
Michelle Benard (CEO)
ReplyBadgers Logistics Enterprises
18800 Southcenter Pkwy.,
Seattle, WA 98188
Tel: 206-203-1578
Fax: 206-350-9456
E-mail: ship001@Badgers.com
Website: http://badgers-logistics-enterprise.webs.com
They keep coming…
COMPANY PROFILE & JOB DESCRIPTION FOR EMPLOYEES:
The Real Earth LLC. is the worldwide retail company founded in 1998 and the motto of our company is the „best speed and accuracy with the best price availiable” when delivering merchandise to our partners worldwide.
The principle of our business is to find the lowest priced electronic merchandise in the USA/UK/EUROPE and to deliver it to our customers or partners worldwide (in the most cases that are European countries). To get the best results in pricing and speed we need employees that are able to help us with the business letters and some package forwarding from our partners in the USA/UK/EUROPE to our partners in different regions worldwide (it depends on the orders Real Earth LLC. received). Your job duties will include the following tasks:
1. RealEarth partners send You different business letters or some small packages containing electronic merchandise for the name of our permanent employee.
2. You receive them and group them into the big package (it’s usually named „large box” or „medium box” and it’s able to include about 3-5 small packages + business letters if You have received some) to reduce the shipping cost to our partners worldwide (for example to send a „medium box” there’s a charge of $60-70 per package)
3. When You finished with the grouping of the big package – You should contact us and we’ll transfer You about $150-200 by Western Union payment service ($100-for You, and $50-100 for immediate sending of the package GlobalExpressMail http://www.usps.com/prices/express-mail-international-prices.htm)
4. The final step is to send the package.
It is possible to make per first few months about $1500-2000 + Bonuses/per 1 month.
RealEarth needs honest, active and accurate to the details individuals. If You one of them – be ready to join our worldwide team!
Payment: we have no hourly payment for our employees – everything depends on the speed and the number of the packages our employee sends.
It’s part-time job so there is no need to be at home all the time, the packages could be delivered at home on the suitable time(by calling express post service) or picked up by another person living in your apartment/house, as also there are some changes will be ine 2 months working with us – You can get permanent position with the contract for 3 years at least. Everything depends on the quality of Your job.
If You have any additional questions according the above mentioned job opportunity – don’t feel confused to contact us. We will be glad to answer all Your questions.
And if You are ready to start working with us immediately – Please fill and sign the attached agreement(the document should be hand signed). You can e-mail or fax it by the mentioned phone number in the attached agreement. Sometimes our anti-virus system blocks the attached files, if there is no agreement attached please let us know and we will resend it.
Please e-mail me as soon as the agreement is faxed or sent by e-mail.
Best Regards,
Michelle Tran
Real Earth LLC Recruitment Manager
ReplyHey Jim,
As you guessed it, they’re all just variations of the package forwarding or check cashing/money wiring scam we covered above and in our scam page:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams
I see these emails every day.
Just continue to delete these emails. Real jobs can always be found on the following pages:
Replyhttp://www.workathomenoscams.com/companies
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/category/work-from-home-job-leads
In my entire life, I have never stolen anything. However December 15, 2009, I fell prey to the sending packages scheme. Last week, fifteen police officers came to my house with a search warrant, and searched my house, because I had received stolen products shipped from amazon, best buy, etc. The police officer confiscated my computer and correspondence from this bogus company. Bogus company, formerly Carol Pady is now operating as USA Forwarding. Supposedly, USA Forwarding has hijacked a legitamate website, and their listings with the Better Business Bureau and Chamber of Commerce are either hijacked or bogus. The address of bogus company or hijacked company is;
USA Forwarding
2275 Michael Faraday Drive
San Diego, CA 92154
USA Forwarding
9295 Siempre Viva Rd #8 or H
San Diego, CA 92154
ph. 1-800-841-6690
The owner of the bogus company is Fidel Gutierrez. The bogus manager of the shipping department is Michael Cray.
Replyhi guys.. than you for this page its so informative.. ive found a post in craiglist..ive emailed the employer and she told me im accpeted for the postion. Her name is Susan Adams. We;ve never met in person, she said shes out of state but told me that i can start working for her tomorrow, Monday. She is asking me to make a FED EX account and a UPS account for future package deliveries. She’s also asking me to post job ads in craiglist for her. Ive done the posting of job ads but Im feeling guilty that If this is a scam, Im only helping her to look for more victims. She said I only have to work at home for her at print and scan stuffs and mail it to certain persons and do some deliveries. DO you guys think this is a scam?
ReplyKel,
What does your gut tell you? If you follow it most of the time it can’t go wrong. But why would a legitimate company need you to create a fedex account. I have my own company and I created my own account. I didn’t need my employees to create one. Read the scam I described above again. Read the comments as well. Sounds all very familiar if you ask me. As always
Replyyou can find legitimate jobs listed here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/companies
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/category/work-from-home-job-leads
@Eddy Salomon:
Hi Salomon, I emailed the company AVANTCARGO Ltd. asking about a courier job. Without any kind of interview process I got this response from them:
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Dear Jeffrey,
Congratulations! We have received and reviewed your resume. It is our pleasure to offer you employment with AVANTCargo Ltd., in the position of home based Shipping Specialist, on the terms set forth in this letter.
AVANTCargo Ltd. is a young high-growing multinational company and one of the industry leaders for flexible, responsive, and customer-focused international shipping. It is revolutionising the way people buy and sell between countries, initially focused on trade between the Europe and US.
Our main office is in London, United Kingdom.
AVANTCargo Ltd. was founded in 2005 by a team of highly experienced shipping, logistics and eCommerce professionals, and is dedicated to providing people with a high quality, cost efficient service.
AVANTCargo Ltd. offers a service to customers living outside America to shop online in America and it organises the consolidation, duties, taxes and shipping of the goods to the member’s home. The service empowers the online consumer in quite an unprecedented way. It enables shoppers to buy the best and cheapest goods that the States can offer, whilst taking advantage of the favourable weak American dollar. In addition, it gives people the opportunity to obtain high end, newly launched goods before they are brought to market in Europe. AVANTCargo democratizes globalisation by giving worldwide consumers access to great deals and products from the US – which are normally only available to US residents.
At this moment we offer you a part-time home based position:
At present we are looking for dynamic individuals to be responsible for the areas of package operations, quality control and customer service.
TO QUALIFY, YOU MUST:
1. Be at least 18;
2. Be responsible, hard working and communicable;
3. Be resident of USA, UK or Canada.
You should have strong multi-tasking abilities and interpersonal skills.
This job requires punctuality, good organizational skills and proficiency with Microsoft office programs to maintain inventory and fill necessary forms.
You don’t have to relocate and will be able to work from home.
You will handle all aspects of warehouse activities including shipping, receiving and inventory handling.
You need no money to start. And you don’t have to pay for anything!
If you would like to proceed fill the form below with your personal information and send it to us by e-mail. Every completed form will be reviewed and our managers will contact you shortly by sending you our job offer including more details about the available position.
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Application form:
Please complete all sections of the application form as the information provided on this form will be used as part of the selection process. You can copy this form and send it to our e-mail when completed.
Full Name:
Year of birth:
Gender:
Address:
City:
State:
ZIP
Phone number(home):
Phone number(cell):
Email:
Should you have any questions regarding this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. We are excited to have you join our organization and look forward to working with you.
Sincerely Yours,
Mark Shrimpton
HR manager
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Does this sound like a reshipping scam? It does to me. What do you think?
ReplyJeff, yes it is. They may even be referencing a legitimate company. But the fact of the matter is the so called job is basically engaging in the activities I listed in the article above. They’re doing just a better job of hiding it. Avoid it. As always you can find our legitimate recommendations here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/recommendations and new pre-screened real job leads here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/jobs
Good luck to you.
Reply@Eddy Salomon:
ReplyI was afraid so. Thanks for your reply.
No problem.
ReplyHi Eddy,
I need some advice. I am now in contact with a reshipping scammer. I found your site only after I became involved. Now I know this is a scam. I was shipped a computer via fedex which the scammer wants me to send to an address in Poland. I contacted fedex and had them take the computer back to pcmall in memphis. Should I email the scammer and tell him I sent the pc back? Or do I stop all contact and hope he’ll leave me alone? He has my phone and address. I did fill out an internet crime complaint form on ic3′s website, http://www.ic3.gov. The scammer uses this email address: work-at-home@gmx.us. He calls himself Thomas. I’ll include his original email to me below. Thanks for any advice.
(email)
Are you blessed with a new child yet unable to attend work?
Are you a college student with odd class schedules impairing regular work time?
Well you’re in luck!!!
We are looking for honest and communicative people to sort, store, and make readily available our delivered correspondence from your own home!!
This is not a sales gimmick requiring you to pay setup fees or sign up to a mailing list. This is a business requiring only limited amounts of your time.
Spaces are limited so act now for this great intuitive job offer.
DO NOT TURN THIS OFFER DOWN!! GREAT OPPORTUNITY!!! You can receive a salary not less then 2500$ a month!
Dear (name), if you are interested in this position we will call you but before that please let us know what is the best time yo contact you by sending the email to work-at-home@gmx.us
ReplyEddy,
ReplyI just read some more posts on this page and I think I know what your advice will be and that is to stop corresponding with the scammer. Anyway, I hope my post helps others avoid this one. Also, I have to give credit to my mom, she found your site during a google search. Thanks to her and to you I avoided getting involved anymore than I did. Thanks for your site and keep up the good work.
Wayne,
1. Thanks for sharing this scam with others.
2. Thanks for actually going back and reading my comments! Because you figured out what I was going to tell you. I wish more people did that.
3. Give a big shout out to “Moms” for doing her research and finding us. I hope you and her read more of the site so you learn about other scams but more importantly
discover all the legitimate ways you can make money at home that we’ve discussed here. There is a lot of great information here. So I hope you take advantage of it.
Good luck.
ReplyHi, please avoid WAGNER LOGISTICS, LLC.
Thank you SOOOOO much for this forum post! It has literally saved me in meer seconds! I found a parcel shipping forward ad on craigslist: WAGNER LOGISTICS, LLC.
I applied the final job application a few hours ago and even got a phone call from my manager Jeff Schneider. He basically gave me the company policy and so forth. For some reason, it just all seemed “TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.”
I really think those are the key words you should always have in mind. Nothing too easy is too good of a good thing. Following back to my situation; after coming to this page, I immediately wrote Jeff Schneider an emailing saying I am no longer able to work for him. I got so scared I even told him I was moving to a new home in a few weeks, since he has my home address.
I just wanted to thank you for having this discussion form. I am SO glad I came upon this early; on the same day I applied for the final job application. It’s still very early before the scam action could take place and I am so glad I figured this out before it was too late.
For all readers; please be careful and if it seems “too good to be true,” take full awareness and listen to your instict! It’s always better to be safe then sorry.
ReplyThought I’d share this one that I received. I almost responded because I’ve been out of work for almost two months now and my girlfriend is pregnant, but something didn’t quite add up.:
Dear applicant,
This is to update you that we received your email in regards to my posting for Secretarial Post Wanted For Weekend Job and week days. I am looking for someone who can act as my
Secretary
and Errand messenger, someone who can handle my personal and business errands at his/her spare time. This duties required of you will be needed basically during the weekends and this will give you free time to go on with your regular job .Below are details of what you expected from this job position.
Someone who can offer me these services:
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Mail services: Receive my mails and drop them off at UPS/FedEx (nothing illegal) Shop for Gifts,Bill payment ( pay my bills on my behalf),Sit for delivery( at your home) or pick items up at nearby post office at your convenience. Let me know if you will be able to offer me any/all of these services
Where are you located? I would love to meet up with you to talk about this job but I am currently away in England for a 40 working days business summit / trip .
MORE DETAILS :
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I own a new art gallery in Australia which just started operations and sales this year and i am sourcing to buy more art works from professional painters and artist within the USA. This is where you come in, I am willing to pay you in advance to do my artworks and paintings shopping for me,make payments for them and have them delivered to you. I will also have my mails and packages forwarded to your address.. If you will be unable to stay at your house to get my mails, I can have it shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick it up at your convenience. When you get my mails/packages; you are required to mail them to where I want them mailed to. You don’t have to put money out of your pocket, all you have to do is have packages shipped to your house and do my shopping.. You are allowed to open the packages to reveal its content. The content of the packages are art works,paintings,computer and electronics, clothing business and personal letters. All expenses and taxes will be covered by me. How much will you charge per week? I am willing to pay $200.00 because you will be working twice in a week. That is not a bad offer is it?
I need your service instantly because as you know already I am constantly out of town. I will return to USA in April 2010 so this process will be on going till then. If you don’t mind, I will meet up with you when I return and then we can talk about the possibility of making this long term though i will still get in touch with you via phone soon as we have an agreement and you start work. Well, let me know if you are able to handle the position. Hope to hear I will email you the list and pictures of what to shop for when I am ready. No heavy packages is involved! You can do the shopping at any nearest stores.
I will provide you my personal UPS/FedEx account number for Shipping. All you have to do is provide my account number to UPS/FedEx and shipping charges will be applied into the account. I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need done as well the funds to cover them. If I were to mail you money in form of cashiers check or money orders to do my shopping plus upfront payment for your service, where would you want it mailed to? How should your name appear on the money?
Provide me with the following details below :-
Full Name:
Full Address: (NO P.O.BOX)
City:
State:
Country:
Zip Code:
Phone Number:
Age:
Email:
I will be expecting your responds towards my request. Hope to read from you as soon as possible.
Thanks for your co-operation and understanding.
Best Regards.
Roy Sculpture and Art
Reply17 Kent Street,
Bentley, Perth.6101
Western Australia
+447024061739
Ash,
Thanks for sharing your experience with the rest of us. You’ve probably just helped countless people avoid this scam, assuming they followed your lead and did their research.
ReplyYou’ve hit it on the head. If it sounds to good to be true, it usually is. God gave us instincts for a reason and if people follow them you tend to avoid a lot of this garbage. It’s only when we ignore these instincts that we find ourselves in trouble. So kudos to you and thanks for sharing! Be sure you check out the rest of my site for other scams and legitimate ways of making money at home. There is a wealth of information here if you’re willing to read. Sounds like you are, so I wish you the best!
SGI,
Thanks for sharing this with us. I’m glad you didn’t let desperation get the better of you. Times are rough and as such people are ignoring their instincts. Fortunately you didn’t. Hopefully now some other folks will avoid this nonsense. In the mean time, there are plenty of legitimate opportunities listed on this site:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/recommendations
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/jobs
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/companies
So don’t give up buddy. There are options out there and you’re on the right site. Just go through some of the pages and pick the best ones for you and your new upcoming family. I wish you the best of luck. Thanks again for sharing your experience with this company.
ReplyHello everyone, I am a police officer from San Diego and I was vacationing in Atlanta when one of my best friends showed me an ad on Craigslist that she was interested in.:
Part Time Package Handlers
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Date: 2010-03-04, 2:04AM EST
Reply to: victorj@gmx.com [Errors when replying to ads?]
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Part Time Package Handlers.Responsible for lifting and moving
packages weighing between twenty five to thirty five
pounds or more.
Come join an excellent company that makes our part time employees
permanent.We promote from within and actively
offer career advancement.
Various shifts available from Monday through Friday
•Compensation: $$$1000 USD
•This is a part-time job.
•OK to highlight this job opening for persons with disabilities
•Principals only. Recruiters, please don’t contact this job poster.
•Please, no phone calls about this job!
•Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
PostingID: 1627732583
I read it and immediately knew that it was a scam but me being me I toyed with the notion of going a long with it. I answered to the ad from an email address that I had made with the hope of getting a response. The person who goes by the name of Victor Joseph did indeed respond and I went from there. I gave him my name and the number of the FBI building that I work at in San Diego. I ve already alerted them and every call made there gets recorded regardless of them dialing an extension. I just wished I could have seen the look on his or her face when they found out whose number they called. Anyway I hope the following helps anyone who searchs this info:
Re: Part Time Packing Handler Job Post
From: victor joseph View Contact
To: xxxxxx.com>
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I will email you the list and pictures of what to shop for when I am ready. No heavy packages is involved! You can do the shopping at Sears,Walmart, Circuit city, Best buy and other stores. You will be shopping household items, Electronics and
clothing. I will provide you my UPS account number for Shipping.. All you have to do is
provide my account number to UPS and shipping charges will be applied into the
account.. I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need done as well the
funds to cover them..If I were to mail you money to do my errands plus upfront payment for
your service,
how should your name appear on the money? What address should I mail
it to and your
phone number must be added to it
Victor
—– Original Message —–
From: xxxxx
Sent: 03/04/10 08:16 PM
To: victor joseph
Subject: Re: Part Time Packing Handler Job Post
Thank you for replying back to me Mr. Joseph. I am still interested in the position as I am able to meet your needs. I look forward to meeting with you on your return.
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From: victor joseph
To: xxxxxx.com>
Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 12:25:00 PM
Subject: Re: Part Time Packing Handler Job Post
Thanks for indicating your interest in the job. I wish I could meet up with you to talk about this job in person but I am currently away on business, I am in Bahrain. I should probably tell you more about the job. This job is flexible so you can do it wherever you are provided that there is a post office in the area. You can do all the tasks during your spare time outside of work or school. I will prepay you in advance to do my shopping and have my mails/packages forwarded to your address. If you will be unable to stay at home to get the mails, I can have them shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick them up at your convenience.
All errands will be in your city/town so It is not a must that you have a car for the job, you can go places by bus or taxi.. When you get my mails/packages; you are required to mail them to where I want them mailed to. You won’t have to put money out of your pocket, all you have to do is have mails/packages shipped to your house and do my shopping. You are allowed to open the packages to reveal the content. The content of the packages will be business and personal mails. All expenses and taxes will be covered by me. You will work between 15 and 20hrs a month..
How much will you charge per week? I will pay $300 weekly. That is not a bad offer is it? I need your service because I am constantly out of town. I am an independent contractor. I will get back in town in April so this process will be on going till then. If you don’t mind, I will meet up with you when I return and then we can talk about the possibility of making this long term. Well, let me know if you are able to handle the position.
ReplyThanks for your time!
Victor
—– Original Message —–
From: xxxxx
Sent: 03/04/10 02:05 AM
To: victorj@gmx.com
Subject: Part Time Packing Handler Job Post
Hi, My name is Lisa and I was interested in your part time job post. I’m currently a student and would be very interested in earning a some money on the side. I don’t mind lifting heavy items and my schedule is pretty much flexible. Please let me know what I would need to qualify for this job. Thank you.
Ms. Officer
Thanks for sharing! I loved what you did there! It would have been hilarious to see how they reacted. lol
ReplyWhile you have to be aware of these types of scams not all forwarders are part of scams.
I run a small package forwarding company and forward packages to my clients overseas.
There are people who would like to purchase items on ebay and from US stores who do not send overseas.
I perform a service for these people.
That is not to say I do not get asked every day to ship items to US addresses. When ever this request comes up the answer is no. The other red flag for me is someone who orders very expensive items and then wants them shipped with the fastest shipping possible. Normally the people who are for real are looking for the cheapest way to get the items to themselves. The times I have seen this have always been a scam and when these flags pop up I start calling the stores to see if the sale was legit. If it is not the merchandise goes back to the seller. The customer account is closed and we no longer accept any items to that person. In fact all items coming in with their information is refused and sent back.
I have had the local police and the FBI and the Secret Service here and have had to explain that there are legitimate business in the us that do forward packages overseas.
Replysame as ms. officer. the police cannot release any info on this type of thing so dont bother asking. and when i say the same as ms. officer, i mean word for word. Thanks
ReplyThanks for all the information you’ve supplied.
In response to submitting my resume, I received an email from Michelle Tran of Real Earth LL, supposedly repackaging electronics. When I googled the company, it did exist, but it sells skin products, not electronics. Then I was led your website and saw the posting from Jim in January. He posted exactly the same email that I received back with an email address from earthdomme_llc@gmx.com. Gmx is a free email system. Again, thanks for all your postings and for helping prevent me from diving into an obvious scam.
Radhika
ReplyThanks for the Post from Ash regarding WAGNER LOGISTICS LLC. I didn’t think they were legitimate, but here’s the update. They are no longer Wagner Logistics LLC. They are PARCELFORWARDING.NET and a name of Jeff Schneider. Below is the actual message that I got from my inquiry to their job posting on Craigslist (San Francisco Area). However, because of the CL community being on top of thing, it got flagged to be removed right when I sent my response. I suspected that it was not legitimate as I wanted to see what their response to my email would be . Of course, I reveal no information on myself when I reply with the ad which only included “I’m interested in the position, please contact me with more information”. I didn’t use my real email address nor did I sign the reply with a name. Just to let everyone know, since the email address uses GMAIL, I filed a complaint to Google as to user agreement violation as to illegal activities.
THANKS TO FORUMS LIKE THIS WHICH ALLOWS OTHERS TO ALERT SOMEONE ELSE TO THE SAME SCAMS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OR GEOGRAPHY. I REALLY APPRECIATE READING ALL THE DIFFERENT SCAM. IT GAVE ME A HEADACHE AFTER A HOUR READING ALL THE DIFFERENT SCAMS AND WAS QUITE SAD THAT THEY PREY ON THE JOBLESS, LIKE WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH STRESS.
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Hello,
You will find more information about salary, job summary and requirements attached: JOB DETAILS-APPLICATION.doc
Fill-in APPLICATION FORM (inside JOB DETAILS-APPLICATION.doc) and send back to me. Within 12-24 hours we should be able to provide you with a decision in regard to your application and we want you to know that we will be giving your application our fullest consideration. If for any reasons you cannot complete APPLICATION FORM please just let me know and I will send you it in PDF format or in a plain text.
We would like to thank you again for your time and consideration and will be in touch with you as soon as we have some definitive information for you.
Instructions:
Open JOB DETAILS – APPLICATION.DOC, complete your personal details go to 2nd page, fill-in your personal data, than indicate your security information. If you have different mailing address than your personal one, you have to put it to Working Address fields.
You can find more information about our company at our website http://www.parcelforwarding.net
My job is to assist you and I’ll be happy to do the utmost to help you whenever possible.
–
King regards,
Jeff Schneider
Staffing/Management Group
jeffexpress @ gmail.com
Wagner Logistics LLC
parcelforwarding.net
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APPLICATION DOCUMENT ATTACHMENT
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Company name: Wagner Logistics LLC
Employment type: Part-time; Full-time – Home based/Virtual office
Salary: $20.00 per each package (delivered and redirected)
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Wagner Logistics LLC is currently seeking a Customer Support Representative. The ideal candidate will have will have one year customer service experience in the freight forwarding, transportation, distribution, or brokerage industry and a demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast paced environment with minimal supervision with a high attention to detail.
The Customer Support Representative responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Duties may include maintaining ongoing relationships, providing support and resolving problems for customers.
• Processing of shipments and working with internal and external customers.
• Assisting in studies to determine customer incentives and developing and preparing proposals for customer leads.
• Timely communication with origins and consignees and / or other UPS offices regarding any issues affecting the shipments
• Provide best in class customer service to internal and external clients.
• Comply with corporate requirements on carrier performance.
• Analyzing shipping milestones and deliverable for customers
• Dispatching delivery orders
• Resolving invoice and account receivable issues
• Act on or facilitate problem resolution and set action plans to meet customer requirements
• Additional duties may include distributing mail, filing, faxing, typing, and processing forms, preparing reports and auditing documents.
• This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this classification. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job responsibilities, duties and skills required for this position.
Minimum Requirements
• High School graduate or equivalent certification.
• US citizenship.
• 1+ customer service or general office experience in the freight forwarding, transportation, distribution, or brokerage industry or at least two years customer service or general office experience in other industry.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast paced environment with minimal supervision with a high attention to detail.
• Rapid and accurate data entry skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office 2000 applications. MS Word and Excel and Outlook.
OTHER CRITERIA:
Employee will be linked to US division of EB Int. and UPS store. All shipments and packages will be forwarded to Europe only. Employer will not sponsor visas for position. There is no relocation available for this position. UPS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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This form can be completed electronically
ReplyPersonal Information
First Name:
Last Name:
Address:
City: Postal Code:
Country: State:
Home Phone:
Cell Phone:
Date of Birth:
Age:
Sex:
E-Mail:
Working Address (where you will receive mail for our clients)
Address
Address1
City
State
ZIP
Home Phone
Employment Details
When Available For Work:
Employment Type:
*underline FULL – TIME ONLY PART – TIME ONLY FULL OR PART – TIME
Security Information
Date of Birth:
Thanks for your interest!
You’re welcome Teri.
ReplyThanks for sharing this with us. Keep in mind there are many scammers repeating the same scam, they just update their names and ads. But it’s always the same. It’s just a matter of looking past the fluff and it’s very easy to spot this stuff as you did. So great job.
Thanks Eddy for the insight. I’m going to check with this site when I see something that is doesn’t seem right and see what everyone thinks. Again, keep up the good work.
ReplyYou’re welcome Teri!
ReplySounds good.
Ok I am SOOO tired of applying for jobs and they are tricks.. here’s the newest crazy one that I got in my email today, after applying for an admin/receptionist job:
The Hiring Desk of the company has reviewed your resume and we believe you have the required qualifications. This is a work from home data entry job and you will get paid weekly doing data entry inputting (alpha and numeric data) into excel database,work is sent via email and you will be working M-F.Earn $22 per hour
Do you have a yahoo messenger on your computer. To proceed with this Data Entry Clerk job position you must undergo an online interview via yahoo messenger.
I want you to setup a yahoo messenger (IM) Mrs Debbie Warren and Instant Message this ID (debbiewarren66@yahoo.com) asap for the interview so you can get considered for the position.
Thank you,
Management.
ReplyOh yeah here’s the email address that you can reply to if interested… OMG these people are so horrible and it is getting ridiculous , along with posting here I have sent this information on to the Post Masters office for my state, these people are sending fake postal money orders and trying to get people to cash into their bank to pay for software programs they want you to buy!! PLEASE DON’T FALL FOR THIS!!!
ReplyThanks for sharing Brandy. Unfortunately these con artists will never stop. But as long as folks do their research and trust their instincts it will be very hard for these folks to thrive. Thanks again.
ReplyHere is another one. Quick web search did not find anything about the particular email address and company name here, but I am sure this is not legit. Not going to waste my time doing my research, just a warning to others.
—–Original Message—–
From: Dario Denny [mailto:aubreychief@royfamily.us]
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 1:38 AM
To: why185@sitecore.net
Subject: Contract
Good day.
The international company looking for Correspondence Assistant/Representative.
We hire from USA, Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark.
No special experience is required for this position.
Requirements:
- Resident of the USA, Netherlands, Belgium or Denmark.
- Basic English for applicants from all countries (ability to read and write the simple English text);
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel;
- Home Computer with e-mail account and ability to check your e-mail box at least twice a day;
- Adults only accepted (we cannot hire underage people);
Job description:
Those people who are accepted for this job will follow these simple instructions:
1. Receive correspondence and packages from our company and its clients at your residential address;
2. Report to our manager (every candidate has the personal manager);
3. Repack received items following the instructions which our manager will send to you;
4. Fill in the forms and papers which will be shown in our managers instructions (you will receive an e-mail instruction for each box);
5. Forward received items according to instructions of our manager. You will receive prepaid shipping labels so you are not responsible for shipping and handling fees;
Why we do this?
The United States, Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark take-up of Internet trading is much higher than in the Russia and some European countries. Many Internet auctions and online shops in the United States, Belgium, Denmark and Netherlands do not ship the products internationally. As the result thousands of customers in Russia and some European countries are not able to access the large market and purchase high-quality merchandise at so low prices. Our company provides Russian and European customers with United States, Belgium, Denmark and Netherlands street addresses that can be used as the shipping addresses. Then our merchandise managers forward the packages to the country where the customer is located. It is the same if they had relatives or friends in the United States, Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark and could ask them about such service. That is why we need in your parcels forwarding service.
How the payment works?
You earn for next actions:
- Package reshipping – 24.00$ (20 Euro for Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark);
- Envelope reshipping – 10.00$ (7 Euro for Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark);
- Packages hold – 10.00$ for each 5 days period (7 Euro for Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark);
You will receive 8-12 packages per week during 4 weeks trial period. After that we will send over 50 packages per week to your address.
At first you will get paid at the end of your trial period (4 weeks from when you have shipped the first package) after it you will get paid bi-weekly. You’ll be paid by the Western Union money transfer, paycheck or PayPal.
We are looking for honest and bright people for this position.
Are you ready to join? Please send the application form to our staff department: invinteccn @ bonbon.net
Here is an example of the the application e-mail:
Subject: Application
Text:
First Name: Robert
Last Name: Smith
Street address: 23306 Bass Blvd Apt 12
City: Harlingen
State: Texas
Country: USA
ZIP/Postal code: 78552
Phone Number: 1-956-423-3654
E-Mail: robert @ hotmail.com
That’s all. One of our managers will contact you shorlty.
Please do not respond directly to this e-mail. This is an automated message and the originating e-mail account is not monitored.
Send your application to: invinteccn @ bonbon.net
Thank you for reading this document.
Reply@Brandy:
ReplyI got the same email after responding to a clerical position posted on Craig’s list. Had the yahoo instant messaging interview on Sunday, April 11. I knew it was a scam once I got into it and was suspicious before doing the IM interview but thought I should check it out and then report it to Craig’s List. No legit company does interviews through instant messaging and no one hires this way. As we were having the IM she wrote I am forwarding your answers to the Board of Directors. What Board of Directors is sitting aournd on a Sunday waiting to review answers from an IM interview. I asked questions and did not offer any bank info. She asked if I prefrred to be paid weekly or by weekly and if I preferred direct deposit or wire transfer and which bank I operated (not which bank I use). I wrote back that I would prefer check as I do not give out any banking info to stangers until I can check out that they are legit. She continued but avoided answering some of my questoins and just kept on then she wrote congratulations you got the job. I questioned her about working on Sunday and the Board of Directors being available to make the decision. I also wrote that I had never been hired via IM and didn’t anyone want to speak with me. The messaging stopped immediately after she wrote congraulations you got the job then she signed off. She knew I was on to her but did not want to give herself away by discontinuing the interview midway. I also wrote that I tried to find out more aobut the company by going online but could not find anything and she wrote back that they were working on the Website. People get a clue, no one legit hires you someone via online with no face to face contact.
@Betsy:
Replyi got the same one his name was paul too i forget the rest i got checks in the mail in my name and i am supposed to cash and western union some to someone and keep some i had the bank check first scam bull and i dont know whether to give up anyone know on real work at home email me at daniellemil31 at aol
Danielle,
Have you actually looked at the job links on the left or our recommendations page:
Replyhttp://www.workathomenoscams.com/jobs
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/recommendations
That’s a good place to start. We have a wealth of information here but it’s only any good if you take the time to read it. So give it a shot.
@jim:
Replyis this for real can someone help me.
@Teri:
Replyso wagner logistics and parcel forwarding are the both company thanks for the heads well i don’t think they are scams because i have a friend that actually got paid by wagner and they paid by western union and we all know you cant cheat western union you gotta have the mtcn number know what i mean and if they where they must of made a big oops …well to bad …. help me out with these companies
Kenny & Everyone else,
Let me make this abundantly clear, package forwarding as described above or closely resembling it is a scam. Sometimes the scam artist will actually pay you because they know they can sell the stolen merchandise once they receive it from you the victim. So with that mind, it’s not legit regardless if you get paid or not. Just because you rob a bank and get money doesn’t mean it’s legitimate opportunity because you made money. Keep that in mind. There is no reason for anyone one to entertain any of these so called opportunities when we list plenty of legitimate ways to make money here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/recommendations
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/jobs
So don’t let desperation lead you to making some bad decisions that you’ll regret later. You’ve been warned. If you don’t believe me, maybe a local visit from the feds will convince you.
ReplyHere is one I got fresh just today…
Tue, April 27, 2010 10:07:32 AMComfortable part-time/full-time y-offer. id (196)
From: Brenden Tiomoid Add to Contacts
To: balentinenichole@yahoo.com
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Hello,
Please, pay attention to this letter.
European escrow service company is looking for an individual for the courier clerk position. It is a remote/part-time/full-time position and it is home-based.
Service of Easy Packages inc was founded by several Polish businessmen and is functioning since 2004 with its head branch based in Warsaw,the capital of Poland.
SEP inc provides the dispatching service of a middleman among sellers and customers from all over the World. You will need to have a personal computer and internet access including printer/scanner to work with us.
Right now we are hiring employees for courier clerk position in the US. The duties you will be performing will include tracking and receiving packages and transferring them out using the materials that our company provides. The salary rate is $60 for each package (which is summarized in a total monthly salary and paid at the end of each working month, $1500 is a minimum guaranteed monthly amount and it does not depend on the amount of packages that you have handled)
You are required to have/be:
-18 years of age or above,-
-be located at designated address on a regular basis,
-be available to work on PC with internet access,
-have day time contact phone number.
All the duties are from home but may also require visits to local USPS office/FedEx/UPS.
The working hours and working volume is:
-up to 8 hours per week-
4-10 packages handled weekly in average.
Mostly all packages are not big and will not require any special storage place.
To avoid any illegal issues or activities all the packages are being shipped/re-shipped by the big services like FedEx, UPS and DHL who have the strongest security systems nowadays. You can also inspect the contents of packages before re-shipping it to our customer.
We would be glad and ready to get started with the application process with you if you match our requirements.
Please, email us at: thomasinaeckhard825@gmail.com
Replyoh, I forgot to mention that I emailed the guy with this website….LOL.
Replyhi everybody
you could have these addresses and add them to your list because it’s dose not make any sence they are scams
The Hiring Desk of the company has reviewed your resume and we believe you have the required qualifications. This is a work from home data entry job and you will get paid weekly doing data entry inputting (alpha and numeric data) into excel database,work is sent via email and you will be working M-F.Earn $22 per hour
Do you have a yahoo messenger on your computer. To proceed with this Data Entry Clerk job position you must undergo an online interview via yahoo messenger.
I want you to setup a yahoo messenger (IM) Mrs Debbie Warren and Instant Message this ID (debbiewarren66@yahoo.com) asap for the interview so you can get considered for the position. IM her for the interview.
Thanks.
Management
sent by darrel erber [wonladsal@live.com] posted on craiglist under http://houston.craigslist.org/ofc/1711203745.html
AND THIS ONE
SENT BY Billy Chiu [billy.chiu23213@gmail.com]
Dear Applicant.
I got your resume and your application for the job as my personal assistant as posted on craigslist .I would have love to meet up with you to talk about this job but I am currently away on business. I am presently in the UK for a short business trip so there will be no interview. I will Pre-pay you in advance to do my shopping. I will also have my mails and packages forwarded to your address. If you will be unable to stay at your house to get my mails, I can have it shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick it up at your convenience. When you get my mails/packages; you are required to mail them to where I want them mailed to. You don’t have to put money out of your pocket, all you have to do is have packages shipped to your house and do my shopping. You are allowed to open the packages to reveal its content. The content of the packages are computer and electronics, clothing’s,business and personal letters. All expenses and taxes will be covered by me. You will work between 15 and 20 hrs a month. How much will you charge per month? I will pay $400.00. That is not a bad offer is it? I need your service because I am constantly out of town. I work in real estate and I own an Art Gallery in UK . I will return to USA in Mid May, 2010 so this process will be going – on till i get back in May. If you don’t mind, I will meet up with you when I return and then we can talk about the possibility of making this long term.
Well, let me know if you are able to handle the position. Hope to hear I will email you the list and pictures of what to shop for when I am ready. No heavy packages is involved! You can do the shopping at any nearest stores. You will be shopping for Electronics and clothing’s. I will provide you with my personal UPS account number for Shipping . All you have to do is provide my account number to UPS and shipping charges will be applied into the account. I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need done as well the funds to cover them. If I were to mail you money to do my shopping plus upfront payment for your service, where would you want it mailed to? How should your name appear on the
money? Maybe you can provide me with the following details below :
Full Name:
Full Address:
City:
State:
Country:
Zip Code:
Phone Number:
Age:
Yahoo Messenger ID:
So that the pay-check can be forwarded to you as soon as possible and I will appreciate quick response from you. Thanks and please get back to me asap and confirm this mail asap.
Sincerely,
Billy Chiu
AND THIS ONE ……………. OK I CANT POST EVERY THING BUT THERE IS ONE POINT HAVE TO BE SAID HERE
ReplyITS SO OBVIOUSE WHEN THEY REPLAY TO US WITH THESE STUPID EMAILS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENCE AND THE QUESTIONS IS … WHO WANT TO HIRE SOMBODY HE DID NOT MET BEFORE NOBODY
Thanks for sharing these scams. Everything you said makes total sense. But sometimes people need to hear it from others so it makes sense for them as well. So thanks for sharing. Hopefully it will help a lot more people avoid this type of nonsense.
Replyhello.im new to this website and kinda wish i knew about this site a month earlier. i read some of the post on here and now im concern and willing to admit even a lil scarred about my new at home job (lol). in april. i received an email for a forwarding mail assistant for a company. i check out the website and every thing seems to be legit it even had where the company was based out of. so i replied that i was interested in the position. i filled out the application and all the paper work. he did not ask for my social just for my driver license. I also had a contract to fill out too and in the contract it outlined the position,payment,vacation time, advancement just about every thing that a real job would have. the next day i received a call from the employer and we talk about the position and the responsibilities and every thing. he told me that i would be paid by the month and either thru pay pal, western union, or wired to my account. he also told me that i would have to fill out my own taxes too and what form to use. after all the paper work was done he sent me a link to go to, too find out information about the packages i would receive. i check out the link and even called the guy 5 times cause i had some issues. after i resolved the issues a package came a week later. i followed all the instructions and even the ups and fedex people knew what was going on. i don’t know if this is a scam or not. like i said i check out the website plenty of times,I had allot of people read the contracts and look at the site too. but its still in the back of my mind that this job could be one. i haven’t receive my first pay check because it hasn’t been a full month yet. i did the search on google for work at home scams and couldn’t find anything on the company. i would like to know if there is any advice you could give me that would ease my mind some?
thank you for your time.
ReplyHonestly, I wouldn’t risk continuing to work with this company. Not knowing either way is enough for me to avoid it. But that’s ultimately up to you. We provide enough legitimate job leads here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/jobs that you could probably find something else.
We also have my trusted and researched opportunities here: http://www.workathomenoscams.com/recommendations
So you have options either way. Good luck.
ReplyI’m in the exact same position as the last poster; been forwarding packages for about 3 weeks, because the company website seemed legit, they have a perfect BBB rating (the company name is Air Sea International Forwarding, Inc), and they never asked for anything they could use to scam me such as SSN or bank info. I got a written contract from them as well. I understand this is not uncommon in these scams, I’m just hoping that keeping everything may absolve me of any liability, because now they’re starting to scare me. Even though they’re setting up a company account to pay me with and still don’t want any personal bank info, they are saying in addition to receiving my own monies, I’ll have to disburse other payroll overseas. This set my scam-o-meter off. Just in case, however, I responded neutrally, expressing my confusion over why they would need me to do that, but agreeing I could transfer any funds THAT CLEARED FIRST. So, I will either never hear from them again, or they’ll try to get me to do it anyway, in which case I will take the complete email history to the cops immediately. I’ve saved everything I ever got from both the woman who hired me and the man who’s been sending my my tracking #s and instructions. It really, really sucks that people would take advantage of others when they’re just looking for a job. =( I’ll post again with all the company info if things go sour next week.
ReplyHi Monica,
Sorry to hear you were a victim as well. I wish you would have found this site sooner. But as you can see scammers go to great lengths to trick people. As you can see they will reference
legitimate companies names, websites, etc to get you off the right track when doing research. But even with that if folks had stumbled upon this article previously you would be able to tell this is a scam once the job was explained. So be sure to read the other scams we’ve listed here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams because they all tend to repeat themselves. They may change the bells and whistles but the concepts are usually the same. I hope everything works out for you.
In the mean time you can find legitimate job leads here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/jobs
You can also find my personal recommendations here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/recommendations
Be sure to subscribe so you’re aware of other scams we may cover:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/subscribe
Either way, don’t let this experience bring you down. You have options and now you have found a resource that will help you avoid scams and find real ways to make money.
ReplySo everything happens for a reason. Good luck.
Hello I too was contacted by Air Sea International Forwarding Inc. And as well seemed very legit to me sent me a employement contract form and every thing. I was hired on by a woman Amy Brenner , who said that I would be later instructed by my supervisor Fred Thomson.
So Fred Thomson was taking forever to get back with me about everything, so I sent Amy my DL number I did not feel comfortable giving my SSN out to prove that I was not an illegal alien. Still no Fred.
So I got the companies main HQ number off their website, the guy who answered the phone was really rude to me and said he knew about the emails, its a scam and hung up on me. Then Fred contacted me, inwhich his email still seemed legit with orders of what to do. I replied him back asking if he could prove to me if it was a legit company and job offer. All I got in a reply was that it was very legit, they been doing it that way for 7 years and that they use different coordinators across the country to cut down on international shipping taxes?
So I reported the to the IC3.com incase something comes up with my DL# that I would atleast have it on recorde that I made a report. Well yesterday I got a email that made me feel just alittle better, from Fred, claiming that they needed a scanned copy of my ID or DL to show that I am a honest legit person. Any documents with SSN# on them I can black out the SSN# if I want to, reason I felt better about it, I felt like maybe they cant do nothing with just a DL# alone or they did not get the Email with the number in it.
I have not sent them a scanned copy of my DL, or ID. I replied Mr. Thomson and asked him could he give me his phone number so we could speak over the phone about this that I had some concerns and wanted to talk to him directly. So far no return emails. But reason why I wanted a number is one I can check easier with the BBB for legitment, and 2 phones are much easier to trace than emails.
The main thing that set the red flagg off for me though is their email tags ended with @yahoo and @rocketmail.com instead of AirSea.com.
Here are the email address that contacted me : amy.brrenner@rocketmail.com and fred.thomsonairsea@yahoo.com
Reply@Monica:
ReplyHey Monica… I was also contacted by the same company.. and was wondering how did things go?
Hello Mr. Solomon,
Thank you for having putting up such a great site.
Now, here’s my scenario. I came across a company like this a few weeks ago, and thought “hey, you’re unemployed, take any opportunity you can get, right”. So I signed up with the company, one that goes by the name of PBS Delivery Inc., based in Las Vegas. Today I got the call telling me the details of what I’m supposed to be doing, when my first package would arrive and more importantly how much $$$ I would be getting ($2800!). I then told my brother who then showed me a serious red flag.
That’s when I started to do some research and found your godsend of a site. So I just sent them an e-mail telling them I will no longer participate and no packages I receive will be forwarded and I would contact local law enforcement if I did receive a package.
My question is: what should I do next?
Thanks
ReplyHey David,
I’m glad you found the site. I would say just read my previous comments above in terms of your next steps.
Replyhello everyone I found this website after doing some research and being contacted from a company saying I owed them money. As all the previous comments it was the reshipping scam. I have sent out roughly about 18packages and have15 more in my home and not sure what to do at this point and afraid my identity has been stolen as well as being responsible for various packages. Do I contact authorities ? I have contacted UPS and told them not sent out any more packages to my address. This website has been a major help. My boyfriend found this site after looking for other victims stories.
Replyyes contact the police department and just hand over the packages that you have. i wouldnt mention that you mailed any out to them; unless of course they ask. but seldom do i see people held responsible. i sent out more than you and everything is fine and that was like 2 years ago. if you post the “companies” email here than that will help others find this site. please post the emails to keep others from falling into this scheme. wonderful site by the way. congrats on making it.
ReplyI saw an ad on craigslist.com that looked like this:
Express Forwarding Ltd
Full or part-time job. The main criteria: to be a resident of USA, to be reliable, to have a wish to work.
CAREER OVERVIEW
Our company provides International shoppers with real US addresses, which they use to make the purchases in online US stores. As the amount of our clients is rapidly increasing we are always interested in new US partners who wish to cooperate with our company.
Our partners provide the following services:
* receive mail (letters and parcels)
* forward it by USPS
* produce an electronic report every day upon receiving and sending mail
Any company or a person wishing to become our partner must meet the following basic requirements:
* being the US resident
* being not less than 21 years old
* planning a space for safe storage of small parcels (in the short term)
* sending mail by USPS or its local representative
* using a phone or Internet access on a permanent basis
* processing requests within a maximum of 24 hours
Our company offers you 20 USD for each sent letter or parcel. The company pays all mail expenses.
Email sent to me:
To avoid any misunderstanding, we give you more information about our company.
What we do:
It is well known,that US online shops have a big variety of products with low prices,compared to other countries of the world,but not everybody around the world have opportunity to make online shopping in US online stores,cause most of them don’t ship goods to international addresses.
We work with foreign clients,who want to make shopping in US shops,we offer them to rent US addresses to ship their orders to.
The number of our clients is increasing every day,so we are always interested in new partners all over US,who can
provide their addresses and help receiving and forwarding orders our clients purchase.
What our partners do :
1. receive mail (parcels)
2. forward it by USPS
3. Make a report with each recieved or sent parcel.
You should use phone and Internet on permanent basis, our managers will help you giving instructions,mostly by email.
You will receive any products as long as they are not prohibited and regulated by US government. There are no
requirements about the room temperature.In case you have an allergy for something, please provide us with the list of materials and products you have allergy for. We will pay attention to it.
If you are approved you will be hired for probation period,which lasts 60 days. During this period you will be paid by
Western Union or PayPal. If you overcome probation period successfully,you will be hired for full-time employment.
We offer you 20 USD for every sent parcel. You will be paid after each 5th parcel forwarded.We cover all shipping
expenses.Normally, our partners earn about $ 2100 per month and more,if they follow all the instructions our managers give them.
If you wish to become our partner please provide us with more information about yourself, your resume.
Best regards,
Express Forwarding Team
http://www.eforwarding.org
After replying to their email. I was told to send in a resume, which I did. My resume has my address on it
what can they do with it?
After sending my resume I was replied with an email asking me to fill out what looks like a bogus job application and to scan and send my state id. Im glad I didn’t do that. That’s when I found this site.
They even have a website that looks deceiving and suppose to back up their scam good.
The company is Express Forwarding Ltd.
website is eforwarding.org
job application sent to me in form of pdf from partner@eforwarding.org ip address 65.55.40.119 which is Bellvue,Washington
eforwarding.org ip address 173.201.92.1 which is registered in Scottsdale, AZ
In the Job Application they say they are located at 2533 N Carson St Ste 3987 Carson City, NV 89706
ReplyI don’t know how to upload the pdf for the job application?
Hope this Helps,
G
G, Thanks for sharing this scam with others. It should help many more people avoid it.
Replythanks for posting everyone this really helps people from getting scammed. keep posting the emails and addresses so people can search before its too late. your site saved my credit and identity! plus if you post their email addresses they have to keep making new ones and it wastes the scammers time and resources…
ReplyAgreed Joseph. I’m just happy to hear you were able to avoid this nonsense because of this site. Every person counts.
ReplyHi Eddy. I found one on Boston craigslist today. Here are the details:
Agent: At home position: Get an additional income!
Date: 2010-07-13, 11:44AM EDT
Reply to: seth.thompson@crownforwarding.com [Errors when replying to ads?]
Crown Forwarding Inc. dealing with receiving, repacking, consolidation and resending the post correspondence all over the world and one of the world leaders in the field, announces the supplementary recruitment for a part-time home-based position. In order to provide the customers with the high service level, we need the staff in all the American states for the Agent position. We don’t care about your location, age and education level. The most important is your readiness and possibility of carrying out the Company’s tasks.
The Agent obligations:
- receiving the correspondence to your address;
- external inspection of the correspondence;
- photographing the received packages, scanning/photographing documents;
- repacking the goods;
- goods consolidation in one package;
- printing the customs documents and prepaid shipping labels;
- receiving the boxes and the other production from the Company, which are necessary for repacking and consolidation of the correspondence, receiving the money for sending the correspondence to the customers;
- sending the correspondence to the customers with the prepaid shipping labels or for the money of the Company;
Requirements:
- 1-2 hours of free time in the period of 8 a.m. till 5 p.m. every workday;
- personal computer availability with the Internet and printer;
- responsibility and quickness in job performance;
We pay $10 for every processed letter and not less than $30 for every processed box and the month bonuses. Our most successful agents earn more than $1,500 p/month working 1-2 hours p/day! The average salary of the Seal Forwarding Agent in June was $1,080.
If you like the agent vacancy and you consider yourself to be convenient for this job, please send your resume/CV to our e-mail: seth.thompson@crownforwarding.com . In return you will receive the Employment Agreement, after filling up and signing which, you will be ready to perform the job tasks.
Thanks,
Seth Thompson, HR Manager
Crown Forwarding, Inc.
* Compensation: $30 per package
* This is a part-time job.
* This is a contract job.
* OK to highlight this job opening for persons with disabilities
* Principals only. Recruiters, please don’t contact this job poster.
* Please, no phone calls about this job!
* Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
PostingID: 1840451960
ReplyAimee,
Thanks for sharing this one with everyone.
Reply@Betsy:
OMG! I got that same e-mail a few days ago just worded a little different. Check it out…
I would love to meet up with you to talk about this job but i am currently away on business. I am presently in Madrid Spain for a short business trip so there will be no interview. I will pre-pay you in advance to do my shopping. I will also have my mails and packages forwarded to your address. If you will be unable to stay at your house to get my mails, I can have it shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick it up at your convenience. When you get my mails/packages; you are required to mail them to where I want them mailed to. You don’t have to put money out of your pocket, all you have to do is have packages shipped to your house and do my shopping. You are allowed to open the packages to reveal its content.
The content of the packages are computer,electronics,clothing, bibles business and personal letters. All expenses and taxes will be covered by me. You will work between 15 and 20hrs a month. How much will you charge per week? I will pay $200.00 weekly for this position.That is not a bad offer is it? I need your service because I am constantly out of town. I work in real estate and i own an Art Gallery in Madrid. I will return to USA August, 2010 so this process will be going on till i get back in August. If you don’t mind, I will meet up with you when i return and then we can talk about the possibility of making this long term.
Well, let me know if you are able to handle the position. Hope to hear from you, i will email you the list and pictures of what to shop for when i am ready. No heavy packages is involved, You can do the shopping at any nearest stores. You will be shopping for Electronics and clothing’s. I will provide you my personal UPS account number for Shipping. All you have to do is provide my account number to UPS and shipping charges will be applied into the account. I will provide clear set of instructions for each task i need done as well the funds to cover them.
If I were to mail you money to do my shopping plus upfront payment for your service, where would you want it mailed to? How should your name appear on the money order/Cashier’s check Maybe you can provide me with the following details below :
Full Name:
Full Address:
(NO P.O.BOX)
City:
State:
Country: US
Zip Code:
Phone Number:
Age:
He calls himself ‘TONY EDWARDO’
ReplyWe are located in England.
CMC, Corporate Merchandise Company.
53 Bilton Way, Luton, LU1 1UU, United Kingdom
Phone: 01582-416181
Fax: 01582-452342
we have website but currently it is on reconstruction, also we advertise in Europe local newspapers and magazines.
Usa market has best prices, so we are reselling different stuff, usually electronics, auto parts, clothes etc. Unfortunately, stores don’t accept resellers, so we need shipping managers. shipping manager receives packages from stores and reship it to general shipping manager who accumulates packages from 10-15 shipping managers, works with customs and ships packages worldwide to end customers.
To obtain this position we have to fill in your information in our employee database.
Please provide full name and current address with phone home\cell, so we fill in and accept you. I will email you signed and notarial certified contract. You will need to sign it and send back to us via fax or email..
Usually you’ll receive 1-5 packages per day, 1-15 lbs each.
Each salary is paid every 30 days. It means that you will receive your first salary on the 30th day of being employed by Corporate Merchandise Company Ltd. A $3000 cashiers check will be sent to you by mail. (bank transfer also available as payment option). Salary will increase to $4000 after 60 days.
Yours sincerely,
Ang Lee
wanna knoe if this is real or spam?
ReplyKevin,
Are you serious? Did you read the article above? Have you read the other comments where people are reporting the same type of scam. You have to read buddy if you want to avoid this crap.
ReplyThank for having a website like this cause it just confirmed my suspicions.
Not sure if this scam has been posted already to watch out for, so here it is – just in case:
“From: laineniederercpgu@hotmail.com
To: mprasad1113@gmail.com
Subject: Best offer – (id 68E71)
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:56:49 -0400
Greetings,
Please, look at the following letter.
One of the big companies from Europe is recruiting new people for the new vacancy. The work is remote and has a flexible schedule.
Several businessmen from Poland set a new company in 2004 and made it successful by now by entering the international market
Service of Easy Packages inc is a middleman dispatcher between clients and sellers worldwide. The only thing you need to have to perform your duties is a computer(with internet) and a scanner with printer.
Your work will consist of tracking and receiving parcels and forwarding them(we provide all the materials pre-paid so there are no investments from your side). The pay is $60 for each received and sent package (it is calculated in a total monthly pay and paid at the end of each working month, $1500 is a minimum guaranteed monthly amount and it does not depend on the amount of packages that you have handled)
You need to be/to have:
-Age 18,-
-have a stable shipping address,
-have internet,
-have a phone number available.
You will also need to visit USPS office/FedEx/UPS.
The hours and packages are:
-up to 8 per weekly
-average amount of 4 to 10 packages each week.
Parcels are not big, there is no need in any special storage place.
Avoiding legal issues we cooperate with the most reliable partners(like UPS, Fedex, DHL). You can easily open the box and see what it has inside.
We would be glad and ready to get started with the application process with you if you match our requirements.
Please, email us at: dacooza@gmail.com”
I wonder why the word ‘scum’ sounds so much like the word ‘scam’.
ReplyBTW, I noticed in the “To” field of the scam job offer that it’s not even my email address!
ReplyKaren,
ReplyYou’re quite welcome. Thanks for actually taking the time to read the information. I appreciate you posting the scam as well. Hopefully people will read it and avoid this one and the many like them that spring up everyday.
I admit that i fell victim to a job like this. I have to admit, it start ed off with a job offer in my email. I also said that I was interested and Immediately recieved the packages. Once I asked when I was getting paid, unfortunately the Man said That I would reciev my pay July 4th and I never recieved my pay. When I called he picked up at first. I then identified who I was and Then he hung up on me. I neverrecievd anymore calls I’m really stupid for accepting a job offer like that.
ReplyThats the company that scammed me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyJeTaime,
Don’t feel stupid. Many of these scam artist do a great job of making these offers sound legitimate. They use every trick in the book. Now turn lemons into lemonades and learn from this mistake.
This scam has lead you to this site where we have additional scam prevention information like my scam video:
http://www.workathomensocams.com/scams which will help you avoid this nonsense in the future.
Don’t focus on this mistake. Just learn from it. My suggestion is to spend some more time reading this site, you’ll discover various legitimate ways of actually making money at home:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/recommendations
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/jobs
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/workathomeguide
So at the end of the day something good came from this since it brought you here. Push forward.
ReplyWhat if the company supplies you with a BBB address to check out their company along with a I-9 DOCUMENT AND a W4 Document? Could they be legit?
This company website is mydigitalmarket.com
Reply@Eddy Salomon:
Replyyeah..well my friend and brother are in it and doing it for abouit 3 weeks now and idk i told them but they said it was legit.well,i was doing it to but i quit i only shipped two boxes,and my question is can they still blame it on me,or get my info somhow,or get in trouble somhow??
Good article. I will add that another victim other than the shipper and cardholder are the merchants in some of these scams. Unfortunately, I recently learned about this the hard way recently shortly after branching out to my own computer hardware website after selling on ebay for a little over a year. I sent a $300.00 netbook to an Address in SanFransisco. As it was one of my first independent sales, I was happy as a clam. Well, a month later the “real” cardholder discovered it and reversed the charges. Not only was I out the computer and original shipping, my merchant processor charged me the standard $80.00 chargeback fee.
While it was an expensive lesson, I have since educated myself as to how to detect and prevent this type of fraud. Had I known what I know know, I would have been able to recognize this because the ip address didn’t match the location and that the address in SF was a hotel.
I have since detected and declined about 4 likely fraudulent transactions. Most recently, I received an order with a Minnesota billing and shipping address which originated in Ghana. The item? The same exact same make and model netbook that I was conned out of the last time.
Thanks, because you helped put together the final piece of the puzzle on my end, because I wondered how they re-routed the package to complete the fraud. As a “little guy” in the business simply supplimenting my teaching salary, getting hit like this hurts! At least it wasn’t for a MacBook!
Anyway, great piece
ReplyTroy,
Thanks for sharing the other end of this scam. It’s obviously one that hurts many people in the process. Hearing your story brings that home. Thanks for sharing with us.
ReplyJetaime,
As I said many times in the past, these con artist will reference legitimate companies names usually ones that will check out when you do the research. But then they’ll email you from a free email account (like yahoo, gmail, etc). However when you call the company using the contact information on the website they claim they work with and not from the email address the scam artist provided you, they’ll tell you we don’t offer this type of position and it’s a scam. They can say it was from the government for all I care. Once you hear about shipping stuff and cashing checks or wiring money, it doesn’t matter what they say or produce, it’s the scam described in the article above and what everyone else has posted here. There isn’t much more to it so stop trying to justify it in your mind. There is absolutely no reason to take such a risk when this site already provides you legitimate job leads.
Don’t let desperation misguide you folks. But feel free to ignore this advice and keep working with these companies and see what happens.
Kevin,
ReplySee my comment above and my previous comments.
@Will:
Replythis sounds so familiar, I rec’d w4 documents as well as I9 documents and was told I had to log into a control panel to check on packages to be shipped to me. These people are real clever.
I wish I had found your website sooner. I can’t believe that I was naive enough to fall for this! I feel incredibly guilty for being involved in it.
At first I found an ad on snagajob.com with Parcel2Go. It was about reshipping too. Parcel2Go is a legitimate company, however the scammer used this company to cover up. Her email was . I unknowingly sent out nine packages for about three weeks. After the nineth item, they disappeared completely. I was cheated out of doing free labor. I was lucky because it did not last so long for the police to come over. Thank goodness they did not pay me or else those checks would have worked against me.
Unfortunately, I fell for the scam again. The scammer goes by the name of Alex Rolton. He has 2 websites, http://www.bestshoppingdirectories.com and http://www.1-stop-shopper.com. One of his emails is . I accepted the “Best Shopping Directories”. I thought I could be forgiving and give this kind of thing a second chance, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. I didn’t find your website until after I took this. Now I have one of the packages at my house. Another one will be arriving soon. When the UPS arrives, I will tell them to take both of the packages back. I’m just hoping that this does not get the authorities involved as I tell the UPS about the packages being scams or get any worse.
There is also another scam that almost got me. It was by Mark James at . It involves cashing bank checks. However, I declined at the last and right moment.
He wrote:
Hello,
Good to hear from you. Well, I am in need of a part time personal assistant who will work from home as my rep, your primary duty will be monitoring of orders and payments made by our clients within the United States.
All you need is to have internet access and a telephone so I’ll be able to give you instructions on how to carry out your duties, accounting functions. You will be earning an annual payment of $24,000 which means you will paid $2000 monthly, I think the salary is fair enough, you are entitled to bonuses too.
Will you be able to work for me diligently as my rep? The major reason why I need someone to work for me as my rep is that I am presently in the UK and I need someone to work for me for effective service and good customer relationship.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards.
Mark.
I feel stupid for being so forgiving to this kind of activity. To whomever reads my story (or stories), please DO NOT make the same mistake as I did.
ReplyRose,
Don’t feel bad. I think you’re brave for even sharing your story instead of hiding in the shadows in shame. The fact you’re sharing this with us will help others avoid this very scam. So this bad experience is going to provide good to others.
At the end of the day, just learn from it. Don’t let desperation ever cloud your judgement especially not in this industry because con artist are literally counting on it. Apply the same common sense you would use in the offline world. Ask yourself the same questions.
Now that you’ve found this site absorb all the information we have on scams:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams Watch the video, read the other scams listed there, read the comments. If you do, you’ll never have to worry about this again. Con artists tend to repeat themselves so if you study enough of the scams we have listed you’ll know how to spot them even when these guys reference legitimate companies. You’ll be able to scan through the BS and spot keywords in their fake job descriptions that ring bells immediately. So learn from this experience.
Thanks for sharing it with us because it’s going to help.
In the mean time, visit my trusted resources on the following pages:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/recommendations
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/jobs
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/companies
Hope this helps.
ReplyI have also fallen victim to this scam. I feel so stupid! I thought I was being soo smart, I did not give them my real name, because I was afraid of them stealing my identity, but instead they were stealing someone elses!!! I am so angry! But the worst part about it, is I still have the Toshiba netbook that they shipped me!! What should I do?? Take it to the police right?? Is there a website that I can report it to? Please help!!!!
ReplyI applied at mydigitalmarket.com. Received the usual employment forms and such.
I also log into a control panel and take pictures.
I have as of today told them not to send me anymore packages
ReplyI saw this message on Freelancer.com the other week and thought I would check it out.
I am looking for the partners from the USA to work together in the distributing business.
We should build a small network first, start a website and promote our services worldwide. Here are the requirements for the partners. Please note, in order to apply, you should meet ALL of these requirements.
1) You should be a resident of one of the USA, preferably female.
2) You should speak and write in English (it is NOT necessary to be your native language).
3) Your age should be between 20 and 60.
4) You need to be able to dedicate at least 5 hours per week for this business.
5) You MUST have at least email and cell phone for communication. Better if you are able to check your email 3-4 times per day, and always available over your cell phone.
6) You must be smart, responsible, motivated person, eager to work in the international team and develop one common business.
What are the benefits of this business opportunity:
- You do NOT need to invest even a cent.
- You are entirely protected from scam as you are prepaid for all services you provide.
- You have opportunity to become the one and only from your state in this business and own a great share of profit.
- You don’t need any special education or training.
If you have read this attentively and meet all of the requirements please contact me via PM with the following information about you:
1) Full Name
2) State/City
3) Age
4) Education
5) Current Job/Business
6) How many hours per week you are able to dedicate to this business
I will provide you with the details of this business partnership, and further plan on how to start working.
I responded to it with my email address and some other basic information but it seemed rather fishy, I hadn’t really thought about it too much until I got this email:
Thank you for the details. Please save my contact details:
Vadim Chernous,
8 Pyatyorkina st.
Lugansk, 83001
Ukraine.
Cell phone number: +380974170968 (call/sms)
lambenham@aol.com
As for me, I am 32 years old, married, have two daughters. I have a Master’s Degree in Management, have been working for 7 years for a large company but now I am willing to set up my own small business to dedicate more time to my children and to be able to earn more. I like spending time outdoors, BBQ, Camping, Bowling, Soccer.
I want to thank you for joining my team. We already have the clients who want to order the stuff from the USA, so I provided them with necessary details. You may be asking what kind of stuff is it. Well, the stuff is kids clothes, adult clothes, fashion designer clothes, shoes, toys, beauty accessories, decorative cosmetics, gadgets.
Now, I will describe you the working process so that you could understand what kind of the work is waiting for you. I promote this service here on local forums, web boards, classified ads websites. People get interested, find out the details and become our clients. A client is requesting the shipping address in the USA and starts shopping using his/her debit card and your shipping address. If a client is not experienced internet shopper, I do the shopping process for him. Some US shops require the billing name and shipping name to be the same, so I will ask the clients to put your name as a billing name there (debit cards in our country are not attached to some definite names and addresses as in the USA and can be used with any). So that is why when you receive a package it can be in your name, or there can be some random first name but the last name will be yours or even both names will be random – anyway the signature will not be required as most packages are delivered with UPS and Fedex and do not require any signature. So you should accept all the packages coming to your address. The names will be different because most shops provide special discounts (10%-30% off) for the new customers or for the next (second) order. In order to become a new customer there should be new name and new email address, so that’s the point.
After a customer placed his order, he provides me with the order details for tracking. Once per day I will be sending a list of tracking numbers to you, so you will be tacking the delivery of packages and will be aware of the packages which should come on the definite day.
When you receive a package you should open it, place all items from the package on some table (or whatever else) and take a picture of the contents. One picture for one package. Picture file name must be saved as the store name from which this package came.
Every day after receiving the packages (if there were any) you should create report file (Excel or Google Documents online) with the following column headers:
- Item Code (you will see it on the item tag)
- Item Description (you will see it on the item tag or invoice)
- Quantity
- Price (see tag or invoice)
- Store (you will always see the store name on the delivered box and invoice)
You should fill in the details for all received items, and include the tracking numbers of the delivered packages in which these items were. So every day when you get the packages from the stores you should send me the pictures of all packages’ contents and the report file. After receiving the report and pictures from you I get prepayment from the clients for our services and shipping. Packaging materials (boxes) should be thrown to trash (we’ll not need them).
As I get prepayment from the clients, I send your profit share through Paypal and the USPS shipping label when it is time to ship out a great package to Ukraine. When you have the items for total over 20 lbs you’ll need to pack them in one single box (or couple of boxes if the total weight is over 40 lbs) and ship it to Ukraine. I will give you detailed instructions concerning the packaging and shipping as we need to be smart to save on shipping and to avoid any customs taxes which can incur here when receiving the package.
Please let me know all the questions you may have after having read this. I should make everything as clear and easy for you as possible, this way we will save much time and reach top quality service results. Please let me know if you have a camera and scales.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Kind Regards,
Vadim.
Now I am almost 100 % sure this is a scam. The same offer is posted on almost every freelancing website that I can find on the web. I sent and email back saying that I did not want to take advantage of this opportunity. Not sure what else I can do but give off this warning. But there is absolutely not logically economic incentive for anyone to pay this much for package reshipping.
ReplyCorbin,
Thanks for sharing this scam. This will definitely help others avoid it!
ReplyWe have to think people. Why would people be paying us for something they can do on their own? Secondly, why would someone ship items that people purchase to our homes if we haven’t even met them before.
ReplyJetaime,
I hear what you’re saying I think desperation leads people to ignore the voices and instincts they usually have in the offline world. Sometimes people just need to picture these jobs in real world situations where they imagine the person face to face explaining this opportunity. Because when you do, most of the times you would have walked away from these too good to be true offers.
So I agree people just need to follow more of the common sense they use off-line. But I think it’s hard when you’re desperation is clouding your judgement.
ReplyGot this in my email box last night:
Subject:
New vacancy ; id 1282738271
From:
Akeem Hays (Add as Preferred Sender)
Date: Wed, Aug 25, 2010 5:10 am
To: bxrob1973@hotmail.com (no idea who this is..btw not my email address)
Greetings,
Please, look at the following letter.
One of the big companies from Europe is recruiting new people for the new vacancy. The work is remote and has a flexible schedule.
Several businessmen from Poland became the founders of SEP inc in the year 2004 and made it successful by now by entering the international market
Service of Easy Packages inc is a middleman part of the chain between clients and sellers worldwide. Our requirements for you is to have: PC(web access), printer, scanner.
Your duties will be tracking and receiving parcels and forwarding them (we provide all the materials pre-paid so there are no investments from your side). The pay is $60 for each received and sent package (it is calculated in a total monthly pay and paid at the end of each working month, $1500 is a minimum guaranteed monthly amount and it does not depend on the amount of packages that you have handled)
You need to be/to have:
-Age 18,-
-to be located at your shipping address constantly,
-have internet
-have a number to contact you.
The position require visiting USPS/UPS/FedEx branches.
The hours and packages are:
-8 hours per each week-
average amount of 4 to 10 packages each week.
Parcels are not big, there is no need in any special storage place.
To fulfill our security purposes we cooperate with the most reliable partners like UPS, Fedex, DHL. It is your right to open the package and inspect it to make yourself sure.
We would be glad and ready to get started with the application process with you if you match our requirements.
Please, email us at : nimersol84@gmail.com
These people will reap what they sow one day in this life or after wards.
Ray
ReplyRay,
Thanks for sharing this. I totally agree with you.
Reply