CURRENT SCAMS
An individual obtains credit card information illegally and purchases items and has them sent to a verified address in the States. A phone call is placed to the verified recipient and they are given a sob story and asked if they could forward the items once they arrive and have them sent to the caller who is overseas. In part the recipient is either promised a refund for their time and postage or offered to keep one or more of the items in exchange for their kindness. If the items are not sent, the caller is out no money as they purchased the items with someone else’s credit.
Recently we’ve had one persons credit used in such a case and many years ago a local citizen was the verified recipient. The packages were from numerous online stores around the United States and they had received a call asking them to forward the items to a foreign address
