Reshipping Mule Scam
Fraudsters recruit unwitting individuals to receive goods bought with stolen cards and reship them overseas, making the recruits complicit in receiving stolen property.
Also known as: package mule, reshipper fraud, parcel forwarding scam, work-from-home reshipping job
Last reviewed: 10 June 2026
Reshipping mule scams address a key logistical challenge for carders: merchants often decline or flag international orders, and shipping stolen goods directly to a foreign address is a red flag. Fraudsters solve this by recruiting domestic intermediaries—often through fake job postings for 'package processor,' 'logistics coordinator,' or 'quality control inspector' roles.
The recruited 'employee' receives packages at their home address, repackages them, and ships them to an address provided by the fraudster, often overseas. The recruit may receive a modest payment for each parcel. They are, knowingly or not, receiving and forwarding goods purchased with stolen credit cards—a criminal offense in most jurisdictions.
Victims of this scam may face police investigation, have their home address associated with fraud, and lose money paid for shipping supplies. Legitimate employers do not ask employees to use their home address for parcels or to reship international packages from personal accounts. These job offers are almost always fraudulent.
Examples
- A person hired for a 'home-based logistics' role received stolen electronics and forwarded them abroad, unaware they were participating in credit-card fraud.
- Reshipping mule recruiters used professional-looking job boards and conducted fake video interviews before tasking recruits with forwarding stolen goods.