From Hand to Hand LLC: reshipping scam

I was "hired" by a group that goes by the name, "From Hand to Hand, LLC" out of Charlotte, NC. I was promised $3,000/month to receive packages from their customers, inspect them, tape pre-paid shipping labels (customs forms) and ship them via USPS. All of the packages had Russian delivery addresses and none of the names of the people at the final destination matched the names on the packages that were sent to me. This is a SCAM. The USPS rejected two of the packages as the labels were fraudulent. After 3 weeks of receiving and shipping packages, they stopped coming and I was never paid. The contacts are Julie Hutson and James Warren. If you are contacted by "From Hand to Hand LLC", know that it is a scam. They found me on Monster and Career Builder.

Welcome Davis,

Unfortunately, this is more than a simple scam. You have now become part of a serious crime.

The names on the packages did not match the recipients, because the packages were purchased using stolen credit cards and/or banking information. If an investigation is carried out into the fraudulent charges, it will lead straight to you, as the receiver of the stolen purchases. Receiving and forwarding stolen property is a crime, and it is something you can be charged for.

You will not have the thieves' real information, as the company is fake.

It is important that you keep all correspondence regarding this "job." It is generally a good idea to be proactive, and report what happened to the authorities, so that it is clearly documented that you were not a knowing party to the crime.

If the "company" had a website, could you please post it here, along with any emails they sent connected to the website? We will want to kill any websites or domains owned by the scammers to prevent reuse.

Dotti,

Thanks for the advice about keeping correspondence and contacting the authorities.
The website of "From Hand to Hand LLC" is http://www.fh2hllc.com.
This is the initial email they sent to me:

"Good morning Davis Merton,

The company From Hand to Hand LLC is looking for candidates who would like to take a position of a Forwarding Agent.

Candidates who are initiative and aspirational are the ones our firm is seeking. Working zealously for our organization will reward you with premiums and a career growth in addition to a stable revenue.

The requirements for Forwarding Agent are the following:
- U.S. citizenship or work permit
- Legal age
- mobile phone
- 3-4 hours per day

If this opening got you interest hurry up and contact us to get more info.
The manager of our company will contact you and share all the necessary info concerning the opening.

Best wishes!"

This is the email they sent me after I indicated interest in the job:

"Davis,

I’m glad that you are interested in the offered position. I’m Julie, my e-mail is [email protected]. My position is an HR manager in From Hand to Hand LLC company and I want to give all the information about the occupation you are applying for. In the attached document you can find all the responsibilities of your future job. It also contains some reference information about our company and totally describes the requirements, duties and payments. I hope you will find this information helpful.

We hinge on Forwarding Agent, who connects our company and our customers. Therefore, as you are going to be our new colleague, you will have to perform your future tasks in a responsible manner. I have no doubt that you are a reliable person and will perform your job efficiently and with enthusiasm. This job is appealing because we offer regular bonuses and you always have an opportunity to work extra time for some extra money. Another benefit of this position is that you can do it from home, so it’s possible for you to continue working at your current job and perform our tasks in your free time.
To support the success of our company we need all activities to be done quickly. Don’t forget that our cooperation depends on your ability to perform tasks properly and fast!

We ask you to take a look at the Job Description and inform us if these requirements fit you and whether you want to complete the application process. If everything is acceptable and you want to work with us, please fill out the given Application Form. After that forward it to me via e-mail and I will inform you if we want to hire you. If we make a positive decision about your employment, you will receive the Employment Contract, which should be examined and signed by you. After you sign the Contract, you will immediately start working. My wish is you becoming an essential employee, and I really want to establish mutually beneficial and long-term cooperation with you!

I’m waiting for your reply.

--
Best regards,
Julie Hutson,
HR manager"

Thank you for helping spread a word of caution about these types of messages! Based on the pieces of information provided within your original post, I've determined that this is a package forwarding or reshipping scam message. This is a spoof email and should be disregarded and deleted at this time.

- If you have been receiving packages, and have sent some off to the addresses on the labels supplied to you by the scammers, please file a report with your local Main Post Office. Letters and packages fall under the jurisdiction of the US Postal Inspector regardless of the method you are using to send them and how you are receiving them.

- Please file a report with the shipping firm (FedEx, Airborne, etc.) and ask for the Fraud Department. In some instances, the packages will not have been picked up on the other end and can be returned.

- File a report with your local law enforcement. It's best to make them aware of the scam, and that it's happening in their community.

Forward suspected fraudulent scam email messages to the FTC at [email protected], as well as to the Abuse Desk of the sender's ISP.

We recommend such messages be disregarded and any current or future correspondence attempts related to the message be ignored.

We do offer a Fraud Page for Jobseekers: http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Info/Fraud.aspx

Thank you.
CareerBuilder’s Trust and Site Security Team
@CBSiteSecurity

I too was "hired" by From Hand to Hand LLC and my experiences are precisely what you have stated. While I do not know you at all, let me say that I am a vindictive person and fully intend to have someone check on the address in Charlotte that they list as their office. These people must be stopped and I will take whatever legal steps I can to help. I stress, "legal steps" because I do not wish to stoop to their level. If I can be of any help to you please let me know.

I know nothing about the CareerBuilders' site and I am based in the UK but from what I have seen many of these 'mule' recruiters are contacting victims off site and I have a concern as to how they are able to do this if contact is supposed to be only through the website, which seems a preferable way to arrange things and keep everybody's details secure, and control the activities of rogue elements.

I intend to perform some research to discover what details are being passed on to 'employers' on UK job sites, and see if any pass on information they shouldn't.

Well From Hand to Hand LLC have a very neat website
and I would suspect that, unless you know a serious hacker, there is nothing we can do about it.

The site is registered with "lazy" registrar Bizcn
The registrant is anonymised by privacy-protect.cn
It is hosted and name served in Latvia

addresses 195.226.218.81
Domain Name: FH2HLLC.COM
Registrar: BIZCN.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.bizcn.com
Referral URL: http://www.bizcn.com
Name Server: NS1.DATA-CENTR.LV
Name Server: NS2.DATA-CENTR.LV
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 08-jan-2013
Creation Date: 08-jan-2013
Expiration Date: 08-jan-2014
Registrant Contact:
Privacy-Protect.cn
Henry Nguyen Gong [email protected]
+33.0466583875 fax: +33.0466583875
26 Rue Jean Reboul
Nimes Languedoc-Roussillon 30900 fr
ns1.data-centr.lv
ns2.data-centr.lv

Your best bet would be to get a Chinese friend to email [email protected]
repeatedly

Perhaps it would be sufficient to get it listed as a phishing site so that Google and other browsers throw up a warning if anyone tries visiting it.

If you can't kill it - have it neutered.

I don't know if it's possible, but a little lateral thinking sometimes does the trick, and if a host ends up specialising in such sites, they'll be out of business eventually.

If we couldn't do it maybe an official body would see it as an easy solution.

THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO ME BUT MY COMPANY WAS NAME ISP INC. THEY PROMISED ME A BASED INCOME OF 1500$ A MONTH AND WITH A 30$ BONUS WITH EVERY PACKAGE I SHIPPED BEFORE 10 AM. LIKE YOU GUYS, I WAS TOLD TO CHECK ITEMS ONCE THEY ARRIVE, RE-TAPE THEM, PRINT OUT THE PRE-PAID SHIPPING LABELS AND SHIP THEM TO RUSSIA ADDRESS. IT DID NOT HIT ME THAT I WAS GETTING SCAM UNTIL THEY EMAIL ME WITH ANOTHER POSITION, OF ELECTRONIC MONEY TRANSFER........... THEY EVEN WENT AS FAR OF HAVING ME SIGN A CONTRACT... AND CALL ME NUMEROUS OF OCCASIONS. I WANT TO GO TO THE POLICE BUT IS VERY SCARED....BUT I HAVE NO CLUE!!!

HERES THE EMAIL


Greetings,

We would like to introduce you the information below.

International Support of Packing incorporated is searching for people who could fill the position of a courier employee. We cooperate with the online department that looks for employees on the internet, so this letter means that you have posted your resume online before.

ISP inc is a European company based in Poland(city of Krakow) that provides retail sales and forwarding of many products(mostly modern electronics devices) from the US to the customers from Europe(mostly Eastern part). We have been successfully working on this market since 2005.

To fulfill your duties you will need to be able to receive the items and to send them off via United States Postal Service and many other structures.

There is not a single expense from your pocket. Your pay is monthly, 1500 USD is a guaranteed amount which can be easily increased by working on more tasks.

You are required to have/be:

- 18 years of age or above
- constant shipping address
- a computer with web availability
- have day time contact phone number.


There is no need in any storage.

This letter is an official job invitation and it has nothing to do with any suspicious activities.




ANOTHER EMAIL

nternational Support of Packing incorporated is located in Poland.
The company clients purchase products online and use our service(a lot
of European customers make orders at US online stores since the a lot
of electronics is almost two times cheaper in United States). Your
duty is to receive and forward packages from mostly FedEx and UPS to
USPS local post office using the instructions and materials that we
provide. Company provides international dispatch and guarantees along
with FedEx and UPS discounts. There are no investments from the
courier employee, company provides all the needed facilities.

Starting salary is $60 per each received and sent package($1500 is
minimal monthly paid amount which does not depend on the amount of
work you have, also the salary can be bigger). Salary is paid each 30
days since the moment you have received the first package. We are
looking forward to see you among our employees. The contract agreement
is attached and is needed to be filled and sent back to our email
address. Also, email us the following information to get started

-full name

-DOB

-correct shipping(street) address

-your phone number(better if several)



Regards,

Alexander Krudnik

International Support of Packing incorporated manager

I could have gone in that building (it's a skyscraper and the scammers didn't give the floor number) and asked where From Hand to Hand is, but not having any other reason to pass by the building, I called the leasing office. There is no such company as From Hand to Hand in that building. Nor is it on the list of companies the North Carolina Secretary of State keeps.

Looks like International Support of Packing incorporated is now using the name Picknship Incorporated, Inc.

Hello !
Please, take look at the following proposal.
Picknship incorporated has opened the position of a courier employee. If you have received this letter, that implies the online recruitment department managers have seen your resume on the web, since our recruitment department is looking for job applicants on the web.

Picknship incorporated inc is a European company which is situated in Poland (Warsaw). This company provides retail trade and forwarding of a lot of items (mostly modern electronics equipment) and realizing it to European clients. We have been rather viable on this market since 2005.

Your obligations will involve receiving items and sending them off via United States Postal Service and many other structures.

You do not have to spend anything from your pocket. The salary rate is $1,500 monthly minimum amount and it is built from every task rate with unlimited peak.

The requirements will be as follows:

- aged 18 years old minimum
- be situated at designated address on a regular basis
- a computer furnished with web availability
- have daytime contact dial number.

You do not need to have any additional space for storing the goods.

This letter will be regarded as an official offer of appointment and it does not deal with any suspicious activity.

In the event you are interested, please let us know about it via email.

I don't know if there is a connection between this and the email I posted above, but somebody might want to take a look at this website: http://pnsexpress.com/index.php appears to be copying from this site: http://interglobal-logistics.com/

"We have a cumulative of three decades of experience in this business." Domain was registered last December. It is in the process of being reported for fraud.

Thanks vonpaso xlura! I thought so. Unfortunately I can't get into Eater to do site killing.