# What kind of a scam might this be?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-scam-might-this-be/782064>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 13, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-scam-might-this-be/782064 "2017-03-13T05:39:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-scam-might-this-be/782064/21 "2017-03-15T15:35:20Z")

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I’ve been getting the FedEx shipment spam for a while – and also frequently getting “Eunice just sent you $3,182.00 USD with Paypal.” (Not always Eunice, the name is always different but the $3,182.00 is always the same.)

I haven’t opened any of them – marked them all as Junk, but they keep coming.

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**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-scam-might-this-be/782064/22 "2017-03-15T17:41:53Z")

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> [@Crazyhorse](#):
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> Well he was formerly the shipping manager at one so he must know. A lemonade stand with a shipping manager sounds like a scam to me. I bet it never arrives.

Ice shipped separately. Some assembly required.

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