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Title: UPS and FedEx warning: Beware of deliveries you didn’t order
Post by: seahorse on November 03, 2017, 10:05:43 AM

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UPS and FedEx warning: Beware of deliveries you didn’t order

Theo Thimou| May 25, 2017 2:43 pm

Home Scams & Rip-Offs UPS and FedEx warning: Beware of deliveries you didn’t order

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Here’s where it gets really interesting… :shock: :shock:

The day after the man returned the computer, FedEx showed up at the couple’s home with a shipping label and instructions to pick up a computer for return to Best Buy.

However, the address on the return shipping label wasn’t for a legitimate Best Buy location; it was for a residential street address in the Philadelphia area — likely the home of reshipping mule who doesn’t even know that their new work-from-home job is part of a criminal front.

So the m.o. of the criminals is this: They will order expensive electronics on a stolen credit card and have the purchases shipped to the home of the legitimate credit card holder. The criminals are  hoping the card holder will become preoccupied with disputing the purchase with their bank.  Read more...

http://clark.com/scams-rip-offs/ups-and-fedex-warning-beware-of-deliveries-you-didnt-order/



ME: Clark Howard sent this information in my news feed, today, on Facebook.

http://clark.com/scams-rip-offs/ups-and-fedex-warning-beware-of-deliveries-you-didnt-order/
https://www.clark.com
https://www.facebook.com/clarkhoward