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Amazon invoice scam9/21/2023 Zishe: “Yup need to do that… the problem the first accounts was under real names.”Ī big problem indeed. Yoel: “Open account under dummy names and they can go look for no one,” Ziche: “Just make sure you have another account. Yoel: “I’m so in the mood to fuck Amazon.” The WhatsApp transcript chronologically captured their growing momentum and frustrations: The brothers shared tips and links to easily evade detection like opening new accounts under fake names using different emails and virtual private servers (“VPS’s”) However, if a pattern of “overshipping” is detected, the system will block the vendor account and investigate the transaction. The Amazon system will dismiss a single incident of a vendor shipping excess goods as a system error. Yoel: “Did anyone try to overship and make a million profit in a week?” WhatsApp, May 2018. The group hatched the entire scheme in their WhatsApp family group chat where they put shit on each other, as well as the platform… May-August 2018: Across 13 purchase orders, the retailer confirmed one unit of 14 different items, but the brothers instead shipped 53,892 units of items. The brothers instead shipped and invoiced 927 plastic beard trimmers at $289.78 each, based on the ASIN for the perfume, and invoiced Amazon for US$268,626. July 2018: The retailer confirmed a purchase order for one unit of perfume, for US$289.78. The brothers instead shipped and invoiced 7,000 toothbrushes at $94.03 each, based on the ASIN for the disinfectant spray, and invoiced Amazon for US$658,210. Some examples listed in the indictment, include:Īugust 2018: The retailer confirmed a purchase order of one case of disinfectant spray, for US$94.03 per case. The retailer paid out a fraudulent invoice for toothbrushes marked at $94.03 each. Prosecutors allege the defendants repeatedly “invoiced for substitute goods at grossly inflated prices and excessive quantities.” They frequently billed the retailer for 10,000 product units, when the parties agreed to fewer than 100 units.
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