scam job? logisticsagility.com

[supphilly]

I recently accepted a job for logisticsagility.com as assistant logistics manager. I did some research and did not find anything negative so i proceeded with this job. So far they have sent me one package and expect me to send the out.

After researching this site (thank god) i concluded that this is probably a scam. I have not sent any packages out for them. I am scared to be brought in for fraud as this company sounds very sketchy. I would love some advice as im extremely nervous as for what to do. I have all the emails and the package ive recieved. What should i do next? Please advise

[supphilly]

Here is one of the messages ive recieved. Please tell me how i should handle this

Original message --------
From: HR <[email protected]> 
Date: 06/02/2015 6:31 PM (GMT-05:00) 
To:
Subject: Re: Assistant logistics manager position 

Hello Xxxxxxxxxxx
Excellent answer. 
Some additional information for you:
1. Our main facility is in Chicago and now we are opening two
additional ones in order to increase efficiency of our services.
You would be working in the facility near you. This facility will
be opened within the next 6 weeks and our goal is to train
personnel before we open the facility. Until it is ready, you
would be working from home. So during Phase I and part of Phase
II you would be working from your home. You will need a computer
and a printer. Nothing else is required. 

2. I will be helping you through Phase I and will provide you all
the required guidance and instructions what to do. Most of our
communication will be using email since due to my ear problem I
cannot really use the phone. If you have any questions I will ask
my assistant to call you. Another reason why email is so
important- most of our communication will be plain data. Lots of
tracking numbers, inventory numbers and item descriptions. 

3. Phase I is your probation period. Once you complete Phase I we
will sign a permanent employment agreement. You will be working
full time with a salary paid biweekly . We will discuss your
benefits package after you pass Phase I. Phase I is similar to
1099 position, we will sign a temporary employment agreement. You
would be able to manage your own time during Phase I. Starting
with Phase II you would be working on a fixed schedule.

During Phase I your duties will be quite simple.
Here is how it works normally. 

1. Customer chooses the buyer for particular product- whether we
buy it for them or they buy it themselves. 

2. Order is processed by the shop and delivered to you.

3. You check the contents for damage and record all the required
data. 

4. We forward this information to the customer, they choose
whether to wait for another package in order to consolidate the
shipment or send it right away.

5. Customer provides us with a delivery address, we provide the
customer with name, address and other contact info of our
affiliate in their country who would be responsible for all
customs negotiations.

6. Once our customer confirms that contents of the package in
your possession are exactly what they are expecting to receive,
we produce a shipping label or get one from the customer.

7. We send you the shipping label and simultaneously send all the
required customs documents to our affiliate in destination
country.

8. Package is dispatched. Once it reaches our counterparty , it
is not our responsibility anymore.

Once we complete Phase I we will advance to more complicated
tasks. During Phase III among other tasks you would be managing
people doing exactly the same things as you did during Phase I
and II. You would be able to receive benefits starting with Phase
II. 
I hope the process is more clear to you now. Do you have any
additional questions? Are you ready to proceed?
Best Regards, Robert

[Bryon Williams]

Hello,

Contact your local Law Enforcement and inform them that you are a victim of an online fraud. Explain to them the scam.

Give them the packages, the mailers that were forwarded to you and print/show them the emails. They should be able to advise you of your next step.

Stop all contact with the scammer. Do not reply to any more emails. Do not tell him it is a scam or you are not shipping the packages. Make him wonder where he messed up. He may threaten you with false threats. If ignored he will go away.

Domain Name: LOGISTICSAGILITY.COM
Registrar: TODAYNIC.COM, INC.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 697
Whois Server: whois.todaynic.com
Referral URL: http://www.NOW.CN
Name Server: NEWT.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
Name Server: VITA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
Status: ok http://www.icann.org/epp#OK
Updated Date: 26-mar-2015
Creation Date: 12-jan-2015
Expiration Date: 12-jan-2017

[vonpaso xlura]

logisticsagility.com is in the process of being reported for fraud.

What he said. Talk to the police, show them the emails (include complete headers), do not forward the package or any more that you receive, and act to the scammer as if you were dead.

[Bryon Williams]

^^^ Thank you Vx,

[supertr00per12]

I accepted an offer with the same company as well, and my correspondence with "Robert" was nearly identical. Does anyone have any additional information on logistics agility by any chance? I'm going to go check out the details further with my local police department to see if they have any advice. By the way, I'm located in NYC.

Cheers and Thanks!

[vonpaso xlura]

Domain name: logisticsagility.com
Registry Domain ID: 77428276_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.todaynic.com
Registrar URL: http://www.now.cn/
Update Date: 2015-03-26T16:00:00Z
Creation Date: 2015-01-12T19:23:57Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-01-12T16:00:00Z
Registrar: Todaynic.com, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 697
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +86.7563810552
Reseller:
Domain Status: ok http://www.icann.org/epp#ok
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Henry McCord
Registrant Organization: NA
Registrant Street: 261 Lindale Avenue
Registrant City: Fremont
Registrant Province/state: CA
Registrant Postal Code: 94536
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.5104924863
Registrant Phone EXT:
Registrant Fax: +1.5104924863
Registrant Fax EXT:
Registrant Email: [email protected]

Fremont, California, exists, the ZIP code 94536 is in it, and Fremont is in area code 510. The rest of the registrant information is bogus.

The contact page and order entry pages are broken. There is no way for a customer to place an order with them.

The website is hosted in Panama.

[supertr00per12]

Many thanks for clarifying! I really appreciate the info and I'm heading over the the local PD department to at least report it.

Cheers!!!

[Arlev Sanico]

Are you sure that it is a scam? I am working for about 6 weeks now, received my check, am I in trouble?
What signs to I have to watch for? why is it a scam? who is the victim? I am really worried please clarify

[AlanJones]

Are you sure that it is a scam? I am working for about 6 weeks now, received my check, am I in trouble?
What signs to I have to watch for? why is it a scam? who is the victim? I am really worried please clarify

The below is an edited answer our Admin Dotti gave someone else in a similar situation to you, the same response applies in your case

Welcome to scamwarners!

No maybe about it, you have been committing a crime. There is no such thing as a legitimate work-from-home reshipping job. Legitimate reshippers (they do exist) have physical facilities, whether they are mailbox stores or even warehouses, and real jobs working for them involve physically going to work every day.

These criminals typically don't pay their "employees." Again, they are criminals. They are already committing serious crimes--they have no concerns whatsoever about getting in trouble for failing to pay an accomplice. On the rare occasion in which they do pay their "employees" it is going to be with stolen funds or via hacked accounts, and there is a good chance that in the end the payment will end up reversed.

Now, let's get to what you can/should do from here:
1) post the details the criminals are using here. Include emails they sent you, any websites they directed you to, and email addresses/ phone numbers used. Remove your own name and personal details.
2) Since you have actually received and forwarded for them, you need to file a police report to document that you were an unknowing victim. Print out and be prepared to show them any emails you received to show how you were recruited and that you didn't know you were committing a crime. Much better to do that now than to have the police track you later and suspect you of being an accomplice.
3) File a mail fraud report with USPIS.(T5 posted the link above.)
4) file an online report with IC3.
5) cut off all contact with the criminals. If you get any more packages, turn them over to the police or simply return to sender unopened. Do not confront the criminals, just walk away.

In your case, the check you have received is fake - it may take the banks weeks to discover this, but when they do, the check will be reversed and you'll owe the bank the money, plus the charges they hit you with for passing a fake check. In addition, they could well report you for passing a fake check (or checks if you carry on "working" for long enough to pay in a second one).

You'll have "worked" for months for nothing and then you'll have to deal with the legal repercussion of the crim you have committed in shipping stolen goods - the longer you do it, the harder it will be to claim you are a victim.