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These scams are not restricted to the U. S., and variations occur in Canada and other countries throughout the world.
In these cases, the fraudster calls claiming to be a U.S. Customs agent. The pitch continues that the intended victim received a package from overseas and that when the package was checked by Customs, exceptionally valuable contents were discovered--such as expensive jewels, negotiable checks or bearer bonds, or even cash.
The fraudster then states that there is a duty which must be paid before this valuable package can be delivered and the intended victim is asked to provide a credit card number so the duty can be charged and the package forwarded.
Often the alleged value of the fictitious package is quite high, $100,000 or more, and that in itself should serve as a tip-off to people receiving such calls.
Persons receiving calls like this should never give out their credit card number. U.S. Customs does not work in this manner, nor do we believe such a procedure occurs with legitimate Customs Operations in other countries.
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