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February 2024, BBB received Scam Tracker reports alerting of Vit Logistics LLC aka Vit Post operating as a work-at-home scheme using a reshipping scam. Complainants stated they were contacted through Indeed for a “quality control job” where the company would ship boxes to their home for them to repackage then reship the boxes using their provided labels. After a quick phone interview and job offer, consumers were asked to give personal information and picture of the front and back of a valid government-issued ID with a selfie holding the ID. Promised compensation was $3000 per month plus a $40 bonus per shipped package.

BBB found both addresses for the company to be invalid. The West Virginia address, 125 Lakeview Dr #4, Charleston, WV 25313, was actually a Planet Fitness and the Canadian address, 156 Av. d'Iberia, Candiac, QC J5R 3L6, Canada, was found to be nonexistant.

According to Whois.com, the company website, www.vitlogistics.com, was registered on January 9, 2024 for one year. The company filed with the WV Secretary of State, received an EIN from the Department of Treasury and have two falsified business letters they are sending consumers to show their legitimacy. BBB is working with the government entities to retract these business documents.

BBB tips for consumers looking for work from home opportunities:

• Pay attention to unusual procedures. Job offers without in-person interviews are a red flag of employment scams. Be very suspicious if an unfamiliar “employer” or recruiter asks for your Social Security number, birth date, bank account number, or other private information that could be used to steal your identity. Always be wary of work-from-home, package reshipment, and secret shopper positions. A company sending you items in somebody else's name, then asking you to reship them, ask yourself - why aren’t they just doing it themselves?
  

•  Ask questions. If you want to take advantage of a work-from-home opportunity, you’ll need to do your research. The FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule has safeguards in place to make sure you have the information you need to tell whether a work-at-home opportunity is a risky business. Under the Rule, sellers have to give you a one-page disclosure document that offers key pieces of information about the opportunity. Use the information in the disclosure document to fact-check what the seller tells you. Get as much information as you can about the job before accepting the offer.

• Report the bad actors. You can report employment, reshipping and work-at-home scams to BBB ScamTracker, the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the WV Attorney General.