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The “reshipping” scheme involves individuals in the United States, who are coconspirators and other times are unwitting accomplices, to receive packages at their residence and subsequently repackage the merchandise for shipment, usually abroad.

“Reshippers” are being recruited usually through employment offers and Internet Relay Chat Rooms.

Subjects advertise at Internet job search sites and respondents  reply to the advertisement.  Part of the application process  requires the employee to complete an employment application, in which he/she divulges personal information, such as their date of birth and social security number which, enables the subject to obtain credit in his/her name.

The applicant is informed he/she has been hired and will be responsible for forwarding, or “reshipping”, merchandise purchased in the United States to the company’s overseas home office. The packages begin to arrive and,  the employee forwards the packages to their overseas destination. Unbeknownst to the “reshipper,” the recently received merchandise was purchased with fraudulent credit cards.

The second means of recruitment involves individual in Internet Relay Chat Rooms. After establishing this online “friendship” or “love” relationship, the unknown subject explains for various legal reasons his/her country will not allow direct business shipments into his/her country from the United States. He/she then asks for permission to send recently purchased items to the victim’s United States address for subsequent shipment abroad for which the unknown subject explains he/she will cover all shipping expenses.

After the victim agrees, packages arrive at great speed. This fraudulent scheme lasts several weeks until the “reshipper” is contacted. The victimized merchants explain to the “reshipper” the recent shipments were purchased with fraudulent credit cards. Shortly thereafter, the strings of attachment are untangled and the boyfriend/girlfriend realizes their Cyber relationship was nothing more than an Internet scam to help facilitate the transfer of goods purchased online by fraudulent means.

Provided by:  private detectives r us

Debt elimination schemes generally involve websites advertising a legal way to dispose of mortgage loans and credit card debts. Usually, all that is required of an individual is to send $1,500 to $2,000 to the subject, along with the particulars of the participant’s loan information and a special power of attorney, authorizing the subject to enter into legal transactions regarding the title of the home(s) on behalf of the participant. The subject then issues bonds and promissory notes to the lenders that purport to legally satisfy the debts of the participant. In exchange, the participant is then required to pay a certain percentage to satisfied the subjects debt. The risk of identity theft associated with the debt elimination scheme is very high, because the individual provides all personal information to the subject.

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