A reshipping scam is a fraudulent job that typically requires you to receive packages at your home and reship them to another address in exchange for payment. ... Victims of this scam don't get paid for their work, and the USPS warns that these complex scams can potentially trick job seekers into committing felonies.

How do reshipping operations work?

Reshipping packages has become the latest in a long list of home business scams. The scam works when people are promised considerable sums of money for receiving, repackaging and then mailing merchandise that was originally ordered online and sent to a foreign address.

How do fake shipping scams work?

Shipping scams are also referred to as “postal forwarding.” They are carried out by having workers accept parcels (usually containing stolen items), then repackaging and reshipping them.