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turbodriven · 10-28-2003, 09:09 PM

These examples are from things I have noticed in the past.

UPS will issue an insurance claim settlement without actually verifying that the item was broken. However... I'm not sure what the insurance limit is for this. And furthermore... they do reserve the right to come inspect the item if they choose. My particular item was under $100 and they never came to inspect it. I imagine for higher insured items they would make it a point to come see it for themselves. Also I'm not sure if they track how many times a certain individual makes claims.

So.. the scam would involve sending something from work to your home address (a rock for all anyone cares). Filing a claim that your "whatever" was damaged upon reciept. Make sure you actually have a "whatever" that you could damage or already is damaged in case they actually come out to see it or take it. And voila... an instant $100.

Second scam is a story I heard from a friend.

Back to the Walmart thing. He actually got home with a set of stereo speakers that had nothing but a cinder block in the box. Either a store employee stole the speakers or walmart returned the speakers from a previous scammer and never verified the speakers box's contents before putting them back on the shelf. He returned them and got a different box with actual speakers in them.

So... again the scam would go like this. Buy a "whatever" from Walmart. Go home and swap contents with a couple of rocks. And return the box with rocks in it to Walmart and get a second set of "whatever" to do whatever with. Either use the "whatevers" or sell them on ebay.

Both of these seem very legit... no matter how morally wrong they are. No way on either end can it be proven that your up to malicious behavior.

10-28-2003, 09:09 PM	#30 (permalink)
turbodriven Tilted Location: Orlando, FL	These examples are from things I have noticed in the past. UPS will issue an insurance claim settlement without actually verifying that the item was broken. However... I'm not sure what the insurance limit is for this. And furthermore... they do reserve the right to come inspect the item if they choose. My particular item was under $100 and they never came to inspect it. I imagine for higher insured items they would make it a point to come see it for themselves. Also I'm not sure if they track how many times a certain individual makes claims. So.. the scam would involve sending something from work to your home address (a rock for all anyone cares). Filing a claim that your "whatever" was damaged upon reciept. Make sure you actually have a "whatever" that you could damage or already is damaged in case they actually come out to see it or take it. And voila... an instant $100. Second scam is a story I heard from a friend. Back to the Walmart thing. He actually got home with a set of stereo speakers that had nothing but a cinder block in the box. Either a store employee stole the speakers or walmart returned the speakers from a previous scammer and never verified the speakers box's contents before putting them back on the shelf. He returned them and got a different box with actual speakers in them. So... again the scam would go like this. Buy a "whatever" from Walmart. Go home and swap contents with a couple of rocks. And return the box with rocks in it to Walmart and get a second set of "whatever" to do whatever with. Either use the "whatevers" or sell them on ebay. Both of these seem very legit... no matter how morally wrong they are. No way on either end can it be proven that your up to malicious behavior.