Today there was a job posted on my site that immediately aroused suspicion. The job was for a “package manager”. Since I have seen many scams that involve shipping packages, I knew I should really look at this one.
Here’s what they posted:
Honest workers needed for a package processing company located in NY, but any location in US are welcome! We have customers worlwide and started that position to suit they needs. We offer you 40$ for each proccessed package. The payment shall be made twice a month. The Company shall also bear all shipping expenses. Your salary is totaly depends on your ability to work fast and handy.
If you’re interested in that position be welcome to send a questions or resume to resume@nottherealwebsite.com.
You can also call us at 1-347-555-1212
I’ve highlighted the numerous spelling and grammatical errors for your amusement. Of course that’s always a quick way to spot a potential scam but this one goes beyond that and it’s not remotely funny. The credit card that was used to post the listing was stolen. The card belongs to a man in Wisconsin, but the phone number given was in New York (as is the one given in the listing). I called the number and it’s a fax machine.
The next thing I did was to go to the website of this “company”. At first glance it looks like a shipping company, but that’s not really what I’m looking for. What I want to see is some contact information that matches the credit card. On their contact page there are several addresses in various countries but none in Wisconsin. Now, I want to look up the contact information for whoever registered the domain name. This is often where you’ll get the most accurate information. As I suspected, it was registered by someone in the Ukraine….which is where most of these “package shipping” scams come from.
Luckily, the guy who’s credit card was used could be Googled as he owns a successful racing company. I called him to let him know that someone had obtained and was using his credit card information.
The other side of this is the job listing itself. They always claim to pay a high income (in this case $900 per week) to accept packages and then ship them to foreign countries. This is called being a package mule. You’ve probably heard of drug mules, well this is the same thing. If you participate in this kind of activity you are breaking the law and can be held responsible financially and may even end up in jail.
So, be very careful as you’re looking at work at home job listings. There are a lot of unethical people out there who think nothing of luring you into illegal activity that could ruin your life.
Tags: job searching, Scams, work at home jobs
Thanks for the informations.
Hi, this shipping company was a job as re-sending packages for $20.00 per process of the packages.
To get the job you just sign a employee agreement. You are a independent contractor for this company.(ANS SHIPPING)
I would like to know if this company is a scam or not. Need this information ASAP.
Barbara P
Barbara, this is definitely a scam. There’s some good information on this at the FBI’s Operation Cyber Sweep site. Scroll down to the “Reshipper” section.
Hi,
This site is still on the web why?
Thank you for the information on this site. But I am still looking for jobs on the web.
I am looking in form fillings job I hope I found one that is not a scam. I really need money for med and bills at this time.
Barbara P
Barbara, all the “form filling jobs” I see are ad posting “jobs”. You’re posting ads for other people and they pay you to do it. You’re not going to earn an income with this type of thing.
If this ans-shipping company is a scam, one wonders why it still is in the web and for the longest time now. This is specially curious considering the company is already in FBI’s cyber scam list. Kindly enlighten me on this particular point.
YES ! YES! YES!IT IS A SCAM. I did everything they asked like fax back the Agreement which they stated that I could make $20 per package mail. All I had to do was tear off all the label when I received the package, go to my email box and print out new prepaid label and place on the box. Then take to the post office which I did. I mailed 14 packages a total of $280. During this process I inquired about my payment which was suppose to be paid to my paypal account. After mailing 14 packages, I got an email that I would receive my payment between Friday 06/24/11 or Monday 06/27/11. This never happed, but I did notice that the packages had stopped arriving since I getting at least 2/3 packages aday from June 5 up to June 23rd. Aftee which no more packaged came. I’ve email my contact on several occasions, but no response and no more packages. They just suddendly stopped arriving at my door. SCAM…. SCAM…. SCAM. I really needed the money, but at least I didn’t pay for anything, just my time and waiting at the post office. I don’t want anyone else to go through what I went through, so I’m posting this information. Please steer clear. I took the bait, but you don’t have too. Does anyone know of a real work at home job that really pays with no investment, please respond.
I do a lot of different jobs from home and have since 1999. I do believe this is a scam. Thank you for alerting the rest of us to it!
Yes. It’s a scam. I’m the poor guy whose debit card number was fraudulently used to buy expensive plumbing fixtures which were shipped to a U.S. address where the mule then shipped them to Russia.
I recenlty received an email for a position like this one. I never received any forms to sign. I believe the person I received the information from is part of a scam and is using a reputable company and defaming its name. Please help me out.