My wife has had her full time hours scaled back some recently and so was looking for some additional work to help supplement our income. She has signed up for some job sites and was contacted the other day by this guy. Obviously, it sounds too good to be true, but I have done some searching and haven't run across any scam reports for this type of activity. Is it as simple as collecting her social security number for "tax purposes"? Any ideas?

"I am now hiring a Shipping Assistant for my eBay business. This position is home based and entails receiving products from my manufacturers/suppliers, inspecting for order accuracy, sorting and shipping them to the customer. You will receive detailed instructions for each order and prepaid labels to attach to the boxes. This position is similar to drop-shipping. There are no out of pocket expenses involved. The salary is $600 weekly and paychecks are mailed on a bi-weekly basis. You will handle anywhere from 5-20 orders per week.

Requirements:
- Be at least 18 years old.
- No special qualifications needed.
- Willingness to work from home.
- The Ability to provide good administrative reporting.
- The ability to operate with more than one task effectively, and have an adaptable, flexible, professional attitude.
- The ability of stable communication with our company and on-time and detailed reporting.
- Familiar with working online, Internet and e-mail skills.
What we offer:
- $600 weekly salary..
- Benefits and medical insurance.
- Paid training.
- Paid Holidays plus 2 weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO)."

1/27/2009 9:20:34 AM

I think I saw something like this on Oprah- The people buy the merchandise from stolen credit cards and use you as a middle man to then sell the stolen goods.

1/27/2009 9:25:47 AM

^that sounds about right

1/27/2009 9:27:17 AM

I though of something like that, but my wife wouldn't be selling the goods, just shipping them for a power seller on ebay. The seller on ebay has a good reputation there, and she emailed him through the ebay system to make sure it is the same guy.

1/27/2009 9:34:37 AM

Handling 20 orders per week maximum @ $600.00 per week = $30.00 per order plus benefits.

I am guessing that if this is legit, the orders will be massive. I'd imagine you'd receive a box with 500 widgets and you'd need to sort, package, and affix a label to each one.

1/27/2009 9:48:51 AM

it's already been mentioned - you will be shipped goods bought with a stolen credit card - then directed to send them on to the buyer

1/27/2009 9:52:59 AM

ahhh, got it... the stolen goods would be coming to his house, nice.

1/27/2009 9:54:55 AM

http://www.workathomenoscams.com/2008/10/07/package-forwarding-reshipping-job-or-scam/

This person did it:
http://www.helium.com/items/312682-re-shipping-scams-explained

[Edited on January 27, 2009 at 10:02 AM. Reason : second link]

1/27/2009 9:57:40 AM

thanks. that's what I was looking for.

1/27/2009 10:05:42 AM

oh the irony, the second link tried to give me a free virus scan.

1/27/2009 10:34:31 AM

I was just about to post that ^.

Shit links.

1/27/2009 10:40:53 AM

Quote :

"The Ability to provide good administrative reporting."

when people capitalize words that aren't supposed to be capitalized, that usually means they're an idiot

1/27/2009 1:00:26 PM

Quote :

"The people buy the merchandise from stolen credit cards and use you as a middle man to then sell the stolen goods."

Quote :

"The seller on ebay has a good reputation there, and she emailed him through the ebay system to make sure it is the same guy."

yes, because everyone on eBay is a law abiding citizen

[Edited on January 27, 2009 at 1:26 PM. Reason : h]

1/27/2009 1:22:55 PM

Quote :

"when people capitalize words that aren't supposed to be capitalized, that usually means they're an idiot"

What about when people don't capitalize words that are supposed to be capitalized?

1/27/2009 11:01:02 PM

If these fuckers would just offer believable wages, they'd be able to scam a lot more people


[Edited on January 27, 2009 at 11:45 PM. Reason : /]

1/27/2009 11:44:50 PM

so if you are charged with an accessory after-the-fact like this seems to be, can you still successfully claim ignorance?

1/28/2009 12:05:39 AM

You should take them up on this and give them RPD's address as their shipping destination.

1/28/2009 9:32:58 AM