Couriers are increasingly falling victim to scammers

Employees of the Moscow delivery services, in particular - couriers of online stores, are increasingly becoming victims of criminal acts on the part of customers. As the metropolitan police department testifies, this kind of encroachment can lead to serious consequences, since in addition to the act of fraud there can be serious harm to health. At the same time, not only expensive things are stolen - the courier risks even if the customer is carrying pizza.

It is clear that not only traffickers suffer - the seller also suffers damage. Each month, online merchants record about a hundred attempts to deceive couriers, according to Novye Izvestia . Therefore, in some stores, in order to reduce the risk of kidalov, orders are received by the most experienced employees, who by a number of signs are able to determine whether the client is dangerous.

But, in the meantime, attackers have time to develop new criminal schemes. An example of cleverly planned theft - the recent theft of a mobile phone worth 37 thousand rubles. Swindlers ordered it with delivery to the apartment, which was previously rented for a day. When the courier entered, they cunningly left him alone and disappeared with the phone. The victim of fraud realized herself as such, having found the entrance door locked outside.
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The “authorities” note that the removal of goods from couriers is a relatively new type of crime, and its appearance was accompanied by the growing popularity of online purchases. Recently, in the Dorogomilovo microdistrict, a local criminal investigation officer detained an entire gang that was involved in the theft of expensive equipment from couriers. The criminals tracked the victim, sitting in ambush, and then attacked her with cans of tear gas. Having beaten a delivery worker, they took away the goods and hid.

Now operators of online stores are forced to take orders very carefully. Guards are appealed with the accompanying request to deliver the goods to the subway, to the street, to the courtyards, to the park, abandoned or standing houses. If a customer leaves only a mobile number as a contact, this is also a concern. In addition, people who confuse their data, can not describe the surrounding area, or strongly recommend to go through a certain route through possibly deaf places.