Tag Archives: reshipping scams

Donkey Express: Mules Take Over the Mail

September 10, 2012

This blog has featured several stories on reshipping scams, which recruit willing or unwitting U.S. citizens (“mules”) to reship abroad pricey items that are paid for with stolen credit cards. Today’s post highlights a critical component of this scheme: the black-market sale of international shipping labels fraudulently purchased from the U.S. Postal Service.

Shady Reshipping Centers Exposed, Part I

October 12, 2011

Last week, authorities in New York indicted more than 100 people suspected of being part of a crime ring that used forged credit cards to buy and resell an estimated $13 million worth of Apple products and other electronics overseas.… Read More »