Amazon scams. Any advice ?

[Scaleyback]

Anyone any experience ?
Today I have received a correctly addressed (to me) parcel for a item I never ordered, never looked at, and have no interest in.
The item on Amazon is valued at £150 plus. I thought this type of scam always involved low value items ? I have informed Amazon through the proper channels.
I have changed my Amazon password. There are no unauthoried puchases on my account.
Anything I have missed ? Any advice ?

 

[sevenfourate]

As a slight aside - I know someone who received a gold coin that turned out to be worth well into 4-figures from Amazon - that they hadn’t ordered. I believe it was correctly (?) addressed to them too. Spoke to / told Amazon of this. And they couldn’t even be bothered to re-contact the receiver or collect the coin………

 

[Scaleyback]

Blimey !
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Yes, you can legally keep it. [1]
If you receive a parcel that is correctly addressed to you, but you never ordered or requested it, these are considered "unsolicited goods" under UK law.
"
Wish it was something I wanted.

 

[Dave7]

Anyone any experience ?
Today I have received a correctly addressed (to me) parcel for a item I never ordered, never looked at, and have no interest in.
The item on Amazon is valued at £150 plus. I thought this type of scam always involved low value items ? I have informed Amazon through the proper channels.
I have changed my Amazon password. There are no unauthoried puchases on my account.
Anything I have missed ? Any advice ?

Why do you say its a scam?
Could it not be a genuine error ?
I have no idea, im just interested.

 

[DCLane]

Anything nice? Or bike related?

Reporting to Amazon and changing passwords is sensible. The company will try to get a review or write one purporting to be you in what's called a 'brushing scam'.

 

[Scaleyback]

" Why do you say its a scam? "
Hmm, a cynical outlook on life maybe
I guess it could be, however in 20+ years on Amazon the odd times I have received a wrong item they were always listed on my orders.

 

[Scaleyback]

Anything nice? Or bike related?

Reporting to Amazon and changing passwords is sensible. The company will try to get a review or write one purporting to be you in what's called a 'brushing scam'.

Yes, I have read about these " brushing scams " If that's the case they are welcome to send me as many items as they wish valued at £150+ and I will happily write them a review.

 

[albion]

I kept receiving books from ebay. The repeat seller and ebay did not want to know. After the 3rd book in about 6 months, I set out to trace the recipient via Facebook.
It turned out that the buyer(possibly gift recipient, possibly that same seller) had the correct street and postcode but had simply transposed the house number.

 

[markemark]

If it’s a brushing scam then it’s not you being scammed but all of Amazon’s customers in general as it’s used to manipulate the star rating. Change your password (irrelevant to the scam but will out your mind at rest). Notify Amazon in the most convenient way for you. Carry on with your day.

 

[albion]

If it’s a brushing scam then it’s not you being scammed but all of Amazon’s customers in general as it’s used to manipulate the star rating. Change your password (irrelevant to the scam but will out your mind at rest). Notify Amazon in the most convenient way for you. Carry on with your day.

Why, there was no account hack, account order? It would be a different account.
Seems a costly way to influence ratings.

 

[markemark]

Why, there was no account hack, account order? It would be a different account.
Seems a costly way to influence ratings.

Maybe but it’s what they do. Send out cheap crap to a random address then give it 5 star ratings as a “verified” purchase. Let’s say a couple of hundred of those costing them a couple of grand but 200 5 star reviews they feel is worth that investment.

 

[lenfield]

Anyone any experience ?
Today I have received a correctly addressed (to me) parcel for a item I never ordered, never looked at, and have no interest in.
The item on Amazon is valued at £150 plus. I thought this type of scam always involved low value items ? I have informed Amazon through the proper channels.
I have changed my Amazon password. There are no unauthoried puchases on my account.
Anything I have missed ? Any advice ?

'Amazon' will send a 'courier' to get the item back. They keep the item and the payment falls through.

 

[Scaleyback]

Maybe but it’s what they do. Send out cheap crap to a random address then give it 5 star ratings as a “verified” purchase. Let’s say a couple of hundred of those costing them a couple of grand but 200 5 star reviews they feel is worth that investment.

Maybe it is " what they do " but in this case the item is for sale on Amazon for £158.00 and it can be more with other retailers.

 

[markemark]

Maybe it is " what they do " but in this case the item is for sale on Amazon for £158.00 and it can be more with other retailers.

it may be valued at that now but it may have not been when the dodgy purchase was made. It may have been heavily discounted then and over priced now.

 

[Webbo2]

I ordered a 3 piece suit from M&S however I got an email to say the jacket was not available so I cancelled the order and the money was returned to my account. I then realised it was available in slim fit rather the regular fit I had originally ordered. So I ordered it in the slim fit and next thing I ended up with 2 suits.
When I contacted M&S they said I could send one back or just keep them both. 🤷🏼‍♂️