work-at-home flexible hours good salary sounds like the perfect job but criminals are using those come-ons to lure people into a reshipping scam they had responded to an ad on a job site a website offering employment it was a work at home job where they were supposed to basically be a shipping agent for another company this job seeker received merchandise and was instructed to repackage it and send it to various international addresses they will solicit assistance from people within the United States to have that merchandise shipped to them and then they in turn turn and ship it out of the country postal inspectors say job seekers should be suspicious of any company with a business model that doesn't seem to make sense there's no legitimate reason why a company would need you to receive packages to turn around and ship them out of the country goods usually include computers cameras and other electronics often purchased with stolen credit cards they're trying to hide something that are trying to disguise who they are what they're purchasing inspectors say before accepting any job online ask the following questions some red flags may appear get specifics on exactly what you're gonna be required to do what the job entails how much you're going to get paid when you're going to get paid