FedEx and UPS hire real employees, and scammers borrow both names to run two cons: package-reshipping schemes dressed up as a job, and fake remote roles. Because these are trusted carriers, a message with the logo can slip past your guard. Here is how to tell a real shipping job from an impersonation.
Signs a FedEx or UPS job offer is fake
Walk away if any of these is true:
- It asks you to receive packages at home and reship them. That is a reshipping scam, not a job.
- It sends you a check to buy equipment before you start, then asks you to send part of it back.
- It asks for your Social Security number or bank account before an official offer.
- It arrived by unsolicited text and offers a package or remote job with no formal application.
How to find a real shipping job
FedEx posts openings on careers.fedex.com and UPS on jobs.ups.com. Apply there directly rather than through a link in a message. If a shipping job asks for money, sends a check before you start, or wants you to handle packages from home, it is not from FedEx or UPS.
The reshipping trap
Many fake shipping jobs are really reshipping schemes. You receive packages, repackage them, and send them on. The goods are usually bought with stolen cards, which makes you a money mule moving stolen property and can put you on the hook with law enforcement. No legitimate carrier hires strangers to reship packages from home.
Check the offer now
Paste the message into the free job checker for an evidence-backed verdict in about twenty seconds. If you have already shipped a package or shared details, report it to the FTC and the FBI's IC3, and see the recovery checklist.