![]() ![]() That’s when the scammers hire you and send you to pick up the item as a correspondence manager and make you send the product forward. Then they will ask for permission to send a courier (an innocent third party, you) that would pick up the item.Īs the victims can’t see the transaction on their credit card statement just yet and don’t even assume that the package was purchased with their own credit card, they approve. Then they call the owners and claim to be representatives of the shipping company and inform them that an order was shipped in error to their address. Then they send the the goods to the real owners of the cards as the mailing address has to match the one on the credit card. Scammers buy goods with stolen credit cards, after getting personal information and account numbers from various victims. They are only looking to steal your identity and money. They will then proceed to ask you for your personal identifying information, in order to know where and how to pay you. They state that they will pay well for the performance of these duties – which usually amount to only part-time hours, making the deal seem even sweeter. They claim to be seeking someone who can perform various tasks for them as they are usually out of the country. It could come as a recruiting on LinkedIn approach, too, so beware. ![]() In the Personal Assistant Wanted scam, the victim will receive an email from a successful businessperson or some sort of a federal government employee who must travel frequently for their job. ![]()
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