I have a friend who was contacted by a company that supposedly does seller goods inspection for Amazon sellers. They told him that they would pay him $40 a package to receive an item, check its contents and then forward it on to the buyer. He agreed to try it, thinking it would be a good source of income for him (he needs it).
He received several packages containing high-dollar items and did what they asked. One time he received what was supposed to be brake pads, but they were used and useless. He contacted the company and worked something out.
They then told him that they’d like for him to be a “buyer”. They told him that he would need to create a bit-coin account so he could use that to pay for items. They would send him money which he would then use to buy bit-coin currency and purchase items. They would include extra in his deposit to pay him. He told them that he wanted to see how the first part worked itself out before getting too much more involved.
That sounded too much like the Craigslist scams, so I told him to be skeptical. He was supposed to get paid last Friday and didn’t, so he contacted them. He got no response. He contacted the person who asked him to be a buyer and they responded, but he didn’t get any info on the paycheck. He said that they recently shut down his access to the “portal” where he would login to find out what was coming his way and get the forwarding address.
He told me today that he did receive some money, but it was short about $700 (they owed him $1500). I did some checking and the company is based out of Wilmington Delaware. The BBB indicates that the company has about 12-15 different company names listed for that address, but they couldn’t verify any of the companies as that address does not seem to be valid.
Anyone have any idea what the scam is? I’m thinking they use stolen credit cards or some other currency to buy products which they then send to someone like him, and then they have him forward them to someone else.
The company name is Seller Goods Inspect.
And no, I am not “the friend”. I was skeptical from the beginning when he told me about it. To this point, he has never had to use any of his own money and has actually made money.
Yeah. He hasn’t done the purchasing thing and won’t at this point. When he first asked me about it I was traveling and told him to research them on the internet. He found their website and stopped looking at that point.
At least he’s not out any money, though he is discouraged because he thought it would supplement his income.
I have a friend who was contacted by a company that supposedly does seller goods inspection for Amazon sellers. They told him that they would pay him $40 a package to receive an item, check its contents and then forward it on to the buyer. He agreed to try it, thinking it would be a good source of income for him (he needs it).
He received several packages containing high-dollar items and did what they asked. One time he received what was supposed to be brake pads, but they were used and useless. He contacted the company and worked something out.
They then told him that they’d like for him to be a “buyer”. They told him that he would need to create a bit-coin account so he could use that to pay for items. They would send him money which he would then use to buy bit-coin currency and purchase items. They would include extra in his deposit to pay him. He told them that he wanted to see how the first part worked itself out before getting too much more involved.
That sounded too much like the Craigslist scams, so I told him to be skeptical. He was supposed to get paid last Friday and didn’t, so he contacted them. He got no response. He contacted the person who asked him to be a buyer and they responded, but he didn’t get any info on the paycheck. He said that they recently shut down his access to the “portal” where he would login to find out what was coming his way and get the forwarding address.
He told me today that he did receive some money, but it was short about $700 (they owed him $1500). I did some checking and the company is based out of Wilmington Delaware. The BBB indicates that the company has about 12-15 different company names listed for that address, but they couldn’t verify any of the companies as that address does not seem to be valid.
Anyone have any idea what the scam is? I’m thinking they use stolen credit cards or some other currency to buy products which they then send to someone like him, and then they have him forward them to someone else.
**The company name is Seller Goods Inspect. **
I seriously thought you were going to say the company name had Trump in it.