Reshipping package job scam
These "package inspector" or "logistics coordinator" jobs pay you to receive packages and reship them with labels they send. The goods were bought with stolen cards.
How this scam works
You are moving stolen goods. The promised pay rarely arrives, and your name and address are tied to the fraud.
Common versions of the message
- A work-from-home logistics job
- Packages sent to your address
- New shipping labels to use
What the message looks like
Text from HR Department
Congratulations, you are hired as a Package Inspector! Earn $3,000 a month working from home. Receive packages at your address, remove the original labels, and reship them with the new labels we send you. No experience needed.
Fictional example based on common, publicly reported scam patterns.
The red flags
- 1
Easy money: “Earn $3,000 a month working from home”
Big pay for simple work is the lure
Easy pay for simple work is the lure.
- 2
Your address: “Receive packages at your address”
The packages are bought with stolen cards
The packages are bought with stolen card numbers.
- 3
Reshipping: “reship them with the new labels”
This can make you part of a crime
Reshipping them can make you part of the crime.
What to do
- Stop working with the "employer".
- Do not reship any packages you still have.
- Report it at ReportFraud.ftc.gov and to the carrier.
If you already replied, clicked, or paid
- Keep any packages and records, and contact your local police.
- If you gave your Social Security number or bank details, place a credit freeze and tell your bank.
- Report it at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
Got a message like this?
Paste it into TrustShield's free checker to see the warning signs in seconds. No sign-up needed to try it.