Closely related to reshipping scams are postage-paid label scams. Criminals in this group buy your item at an Internet auction or from a classified ad. They ask if they can provide you with a postage-paid shipping label instead of sending you money for postage. If you agree, you receive a label that looks like the real thing.
When Postal Inspectors or other law enforcement officers track the return address from a phony postage label, the address too often leads them to an unsuspecting victim of a postage-paid label scam. And if that’s not bad enough, you find out — too late — the scammer used a phony credit card or online account to pay for your item.
