Risk of SE'ing to your home address

w00t · 03-10-2013, 10:57 PM

(03-10-2013, 08:46 PM)Oneiiros Wrote: Social Engineering in case of warranty exploitation is safe if you are good, because you basically act as if the warranty claim was legit and they then process the replacement, this is surely safe.

Unless you have the product, and all information you provide is valid, you're committing wire fraud/larceny. Don't delude yourself.

Andreas · 03-11-2013, 04:01 AM

(03-09-2013, 10:41 PM)w00t Wrote: You're committing 3 crimes. You shouldn't even need to ask.

This guy is right lol. It is very risky. Confused

Oneiiros · 03-11-2013, 03:24 PM

(03-10-2013, 10:57 PM)w00t Wrote:
(03-10-2013, 08:46 PM)Oneiiros Wrote: Social Engineering in case of warranty exploitation is safe if you are good, because you basically act as if the warranty claim was legit and they then process the replacement, this is surely safe.

Unless you have the product, and all information you provide is valid, you're committing wire fraud/larceny. Don't delude yourself.

Of course, point taken. But they would not process a replacement if they think it's social engineering, I have always used my home address, even for 2 projectors worth of ~8000€ and have never been caught, but it's your choice. I would have used a drop if it was possible, but it went just fine so why risk your item getting stolen at the drop or lost/messed up at the reship when you can go safer.

w00t · 03-11-2013, 11:57 PM

And so I go back to my previous point. You might not get caught the first 5, 10, or 20 times, but when you do get caught, you loose all your property and get some nice jail time.

w00t · 03-12-2013, 06:25 AM

"only took my computers"

You mean, those fancy things with proof of your crimes? They can't reclaim property unless they can prove it was used in a crime.

w00t · 03-12-2013, 07:30 AM

The government, in law, owns anything that is illegal or was gotten illegally.

Adorapuff · 03-12-2013, 05:42 PM

Never SE the same company for the same voucher twice if your using your house.
I usually SE vouchers for coke, pepsi, mcdonalds to my house and im fine

Ultimatum · 03-13-2013, 05:07 AM

Simple. Never send products that are SE'd to your home address. Always put them to a abandoned house or the post office where you can collect anonymously.

Oneiiros · 03-13-2013, 05:01 PM

With an encrypted HDD it's always hard to prove crimes. Sure, they can maybe ask you to decrypt it if they actually find the hidden partition but, who knows, I might just forget the keycode.

Extimulate · 03-13-2013, 09:29 PM

Are you planning on SE'ing huge company's with products up to the 1000+ value ?
If you're paranoid use a drop Wink