You are looking for jobs online and find an ad offering attractive wages for “correspondence managers” or “mailing assistants”. The opportunity sounds good: “Work just a few hours a week, no experience necessary, high school diploma, etc”. You’ve seen those, right?
If you get the job, you will be the representative of an offshore company. You will take possession of goods sent to you and re-ship them elsewhere. This sounds straightforward, interesting even. Best of all, wire transfers will be made into your bank account to cover the shipping costs and your payment.
What actually happens is that the scammers buy those goods sent to you with stolen credit cards and use you as “correspondence manager” to send the products forward.
How to avoid: if you take on a job involving “offshore companies” and “wire transfers into your account” without researching the legality of the business, you’re just inviting the FBI over, sooner or later.