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This is a known scam: https://www.google.com/amp/s/clark.com/shopping-retail/amazon-scam-brushing-warning-deliveries-you-didnt-order/amp/ https://www.google.co

This is a known scam: https://www.google.com/amp/s/clark.com/shopping-retail/amazon-scam-brushing-warning-deliveries-you-didnt-order/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/clark.com/shopping-retail/amazo...

neonate 7y ago
Ah: "The end game here in many cases is for the seller to be able to pose as a verified purchaser and write a glowing review of their own product". Seems obvious now.
chias 7y ago
Non-amp link: https://clark.com/shopping-retail/amazon-scam-brushing-warning-deliveries-you-didnt-order/ https://clark.com/shopping-retail/amazon-scam-brushing-warni...
djhworld 7y ago
One thing I'm not clear on from the posts is whether the credit card fraud is still ongoing on his account? I remember reading these https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/apr/21/amazon-why-am-i-deluged-by-unwanted-parcels https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/apr/21/amazon-why-am-... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/amazon-packages-delivered-free-unordered-mystery-kelly-mike-gallivan-acton-massachusetts-a8200766.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/amazon-pack... In both of those cases they seem to line up with the theory of unscrupulous resellers wanting to bump fake reviews, but in neither case the victims are financially worse off through fraudulent transactions
Someone1234 7y ago
This isn't that. In the thread's article the author said someone stole their identity and used their credit card to order these things from an Amazon account they don't control. That isn't what your link describes.
- tabtab 7y ago
  They could be shipping stuff to jack up sales numbers in the short term. It could be an incentives program gone rogue.
cordite 7y ago
How does this result in higher prices? What evidence is there that Amazon marks up prices on those that experience this?
me_me_me 7y ago
Please explain how exactly is that a scam? My shipping address is not a secret information.

neonate 7y ago

Ah: "The end game here in many cases is for the seller to be able to pose as a verified purchaser and write a glowing review of their own product". Seems obvious now.

chias 7y ago

Non-amp link: https://clark.com/shopping-retail/amazon-scam-brushing-warning-deliveries-you-didnt-order/ https://clark.com/shopping-retail/amazon-scam-brushing-warni...

djhworld 7y ago

One thing I'm not clear on from the posts is whether the credit card fraud is still ongoing on his account? I remember reading these https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/apr/21/amazon-why-am-i-deluged-by-unwanted-parcels https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/apr/21/amazon-why-am-... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/amazon-packages-delivered-free-unordered-mystery-kelly-mike-gallivan-acton-massachusetts-a8200766.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/amazon-pack... In both of those cases they seem to line up with the theory of unscrupulous resellers wanting to bump fake reviews, but in neither case the victims are financially worse off through fraudulent transactions

Someone1234 7y ago

This isn't that. In the thread's article the author said someone stole their identity and used their credit card to order these things from an Amazon account they don't control. That isn't what your link describes.

tabtab 7y ago
They could be shipping stuff to jack up sales numbers in the short term. It could be an incentives program gone rogue.

cordite 7y ago

How does this result in higher prices? What evidence is there that Amazon marks up prices on those that experience this?

me_me_me 7y ago

Please explain how exactly is that a scam? My shipping address is not a secret information.