The Reshipping Role Scam

Flggd Scam School · Employment & Income Scams · Lesson 9 of 12

A work-from-home "logistics" job pays you to receive packages and mail them onward. A package reshipping job isn't just a scam that costs you money; it can make you part of someone else's crime.

The message looks like this

Why this is a scam

The packages are goods bought with stolen cards. Your home address is the clean middle step that hides the criminal's real one, and the relabeled parcels head overseas. In law enforcement terms, this job has a name: parcel mule.

The pay is structured monthly for a reason. The operation folds before the first payday, after weeks of free labor, and the paper trail of stolen goods points at your door.

Red flags checklist

• Any job whose core duty is receiving and re-mailing packages.

• Prepaid shipping labels supplied by the "employer."

• Pay held until the end of the month.

• Goods are new electronics or luxury items you didn't order.

• Hired quickly, chat-only contact, pressure to ship within 24 hours.

The manipulation tactic

Legitimacy by busyness. Real boxes, real labels, and real deadlines make it feel like real work, long enough to use you.

What to do, and what not to do

• Stop shipping immediately; keep any packages unopened.

• Save all messages, labels, and tracking numbers as evidence.

• Report it to the FTC and to ic3.gov; contact the shipping carrier too.

• Don't cash any check they send for "expenses."

• If your ID was part of "onboarding," freeze your credit.

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