New Taipei police are teaming up with convenience stores to stop scammers who use parcel pickup and drop-off services to steal money and personal documents — good news for shoppers, bad news for fraud rings.

• Scam groups exploit convenience stores because they are everywhere, fast, and easy to use for sending and collecting parcels.
• Xindian police have set up a direct alert line so clerks can call officers the moment a customer looks panicked or is following phone instructions.
• The most common tricks are fake online sellers, fake buyers, and fake customer service agents that push people to mail out bank cards, passbooks, phones, and SIM cards.
• Key warnings: pay-on-pickup does not prove the goods are real, never collect or forward parcels for strangers, and never mail financial documents for a job, loan, or investment.
• Any demand to act within a tight deadline is a red flag — stop and verify, or call the 165 anti-fraud hotline.

Outlook: Expect more police-retailer tie-ups like this as scammers keep shifting from cash handovers to parcel networks.