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Parcel-reshipping job scams

A supposed logistics job asks you to receive and forward goods potentially bought with stolen payment details.

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If you have one minute

Pause, then verify independently.

Asks you to discard original invoices

Before paying

Avoid anonymous forwarding for unknown firms

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If you paid or shared details

Stop forwarding and secure the goods

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Start with these three signs

  • Asks you to discard original invoices
  • Senders differ from the employer
  • Cannot explain ownership of goods

How the situation unfolds

  1. Contact

    Remote job sites or assistant-role emails.

  2. The lure

    Receive parcels at home without special skills.

  3. The demand and outcome

    Your address obscures shipments, original packaging is discarded, and promised wages fail to arrive.

Verify these things before paying

  1. Avoid anonymous forwarding for unknown firms
  2. Verify the company and logistics contract
  3. Do not surrender original ID documents

Already engaged or paid?

  1. Stop forwarding and secure the goods
  2. Ask the carrier how to proceed
  3. Explain the situation to police with records

Contact your payment provider and local police promptly. The responsible institution must confirm whether a payment can be stopped, disputed or returned.

Keep these records

Recruitment contract
Parcel labels
Forwarding addresses
Work instructions

Keep originals and organise working copies. Never give strangers verification codes, banking passwords, private keys or seed phrases.

Original references

  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)Publisher location：United States · EnglishOpen the original reference ↗https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)Publisher location：United States · EnglishOpen the original reference ↗https://search.ftc.gov/news-events/data-visualizations/data-spotlight/2020/12/income-scams-big-promises-big-losses

This page summarises public prevention guidance to help recognise methods. It is not an enforcement conclusion about a particular incident. Check the source page for its original title. Procedures and reporting routes vary by jurisdiction. Compiled October 2026.

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