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I received an email that claimed to be following up about a "quality control" position being offered to me at my location. It promised good pay, work from home and "Parcel Review" as the main work. It also included a little note that said, "Funny coincidence, but my husband has the same last name as you!" and then included my last name. This personal touch made me think that it might be a real offer, so I emailed them back asking what company they were representing, given that I couldn't find their email anywhere in my inbox and I hadn't applied to the position. The next day I got a response from a different person "Jessica" claiming to offer me a job. The website they provided looked authentic, but when I ran it through a scam checker it only had an 8.1/100 trust rating. Big red flag. The instructions were funny too. They wanted me to take a selfie and provide a lot of personal information to their dashboard. There were also clauses about it being illegal to discuss the employer's family, which I thought was odd. A lot of elements of the job offer looked real. They provided what looked like a real IRS identification number (EIN 74-1658692) and some other official-looking information, but I was already suspicious. I did some Googling and came across a reddit thread which described a very similar situation. It turns out this is something called a "Parcel Mule Scam". I did not sign any contracts or send them anything, so I think I'm safe. I'm going to ignore any future communications with them, but I wanted to report it here with the hopes of helping someone else avoid being scammed. Good luck out there everyone!