The pay is great, and the job is as simple as opening a box and reshipping the contents that arrive at your front door.
You have just been hired as a reshipper and, according to Flexjobs CEO Sara Sutton-Fell , the stuff in the box is hot, as in stolen.
"The problem with this is the items are purchased with stolen credit cards, and so the job seeker is enabling a smuggling operation."
Sutton-Fell says the big job board companies post without conducting any type of background check or screening.
"They find ways to profit and they are using innocent people," Sutton-Fell says.
That’s why she founded Flexjobs, which screens job offers to make sure they are not set by unscrupulous con artists.
There are several scams playing on the job boards right now, including the reshipper scam, the postal worker scam and the real job interview .
In the case of the reshipper position, the goods being usually an array of electronic goods, from phones to tablets. Your task is to ship from your home out of the country.In other words, you are an accomplice to a crime.
FulFillment Express LLC will send job offers to people using sites like Monster.com and Craig’s List, according to Sutton-Fell.
The offers can be enticing: $2,800 a month plus $50 for each item shipped.News 6 viewer Carrie, who asked not be identified, says she received similar offers from two companies last week.
She called News 6, and we advised her not to take the job.
"It certainly is a big risk for the job seeker “," Sutton-Fell says, and very widespread across the country .
Many of the people who are duped into working for the companies are embarrassed and never come forward.
"It’s really frustrating and depressing, honestly, how successful these scammers are.They spend a lot of money on job boards and marketing these jobs out there."
FlexJob.com posts jobs from companies who have been fully screened and vetted.The site offers a promise: “NO SCAMS, too-good-to-be-true-biz-opps, or ads on our site."
There are many red flags that should get your attention, but the first test is something any job seeker can do-- Google the name of the company along with scam.
We checked FulFillment Express LLC, and, sure enough, we found a woman who almost fell for the job offer.
Her post says it all, suggesting that if they offer you a job, "Run away."
For more information, go to: https://www.flexjobs.com/About.aspx or https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/job-seekers-watch-out-reshipping-job-scams/