Description

I was contacted by email on December 5, 2025, in response to applying for the Inspection Specialist position. After being hired, a dashboard was set up for me so I could accept package assignments. The procedure is to carefully open the packages, as long as it is not product-specific original packaging. Remove all mailing labels and packing lists. Upload pics of barcodes, model and serial numbers, and quantity. Then repackage items without the packing list, print their newly created shipping label to place on the repackaged item, and then ship them within hours of receiving the items. When one of the accepted packages was addressed to a familiar name using my address, but this person does not live with me, I was concerned. I contacted the person to inform them that their products had arrived. They did not order the products. The person and I called the company. After a bit of back and forth, the company asked to have the products returned to them, and the order was flagged as fraudulent. I began to scrutinize the labels more carefully. I noticed the packages would be addressed to my home with either my name or names unfamiliar to me, made to look as if they resided in my home. I then noticed the new label was addressed as coming from: Shipping Department, [random 10 digit number, Shipping Department, [my home address], and would be going to a company name or to someone other than the original name on the packing list or the original shipping label that was on the package when it arrived. Before the above incident, I was asked to cross the state line to pick up a “vip” package. I was to take and present an authorization letter Boxstead provided along with my ID to FedEx. FedEx refused to give me the package. The FedEx agent stated the person named in the authorization letter needed to be present with their ID to retrieve the package. I informed them of the difficulty in retrieving the package, and they removed it from my list of packages to handle. These incidents prompted me to look more into the company. That’s when I found Boxstead had a 1/100 trust score with Gridinsoft.com, they could not be found on any searches, there was no proof or record anyone was ever paid for working for them, and it was advised not to send anything more out and not communicate with them any further, other than a one-line email request that they not send any more packages. I did not want to participate in fraud. I was advised to refuse any other packages that arrive. I was done before 12/20, having sent only one package as instructed. They sent threatening emails. 12/23/25, I contacted my local police department and filed an incident report. Later, I was contacted by an investigator because a potential victim filed an incident report on me. It turns out, one of those unfamiliar names was another local person whose card information was used to purchase a very expensive item, and it was to be shipped to my home. The investigator had a search warrant typed up, ready to serve. This investigator was not aware of my incident report, made just 7 days earlier. He was able to use the information from my report in furtherance of his investigation into Boxstead Transports, whose numbers were VOIP numbers rather than real ones. They are not listed as one of the businesses in the plaza using the address they provided. I truly believe I would not have been paid when I was scheduled to be paid.