Watch out! You could receive a package from Amazon that you did not request and it is a scam | The State
In case the shipment is wrong, the company could authorize you to keep the package.
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Many things can go wrong when you order from Amazon or any other company online. Your package could be lost, stolen, or arrive much later than you anticipated. Now you can add one more concern to that list: receive packages you did not request.
How a site report reports Clark howard, there is a scam in e-commerce called blow dry, in which sellers use fake accounts to buy your own products and then mail them to unsuspecting people.
This is an indirect way of ensuring that they can write positive reviews for your own products, thus giving a boost to your articles in the search results of Amazon or other companies.
The good news is that the law allows you to keep the items they send you, as the site points out Lifehacker. The Federal Trade Commission says that “if you receive merchandise that you have not ordered, you have the legal right to keep it as a gift.” This is intended to protect consumers from dubious companies that ship things to you and then demand payment, which is illegal.
The bad new
If you are the victim of a scam of “blow dry“, Means that your personal information, your name and shipping address, have probably been compromised.
Many of these “ghost sellers” do not include the return address or order number on the package. If they shipped an illegal product, like drugs or weapons at the door of your home, you could have legal problems. The best thing you can do is inform Amazon of the merchandise that you did not order so that they are aware of the problem.
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There are also other explanations for why you received a package that you did not order. It could be a gift, especially at this time of year. The buyer decides whether or not to include a gift receipt, but they may have intended it to be a gift even though they did not check the box for “gift receipt“. It can also be a confusion. For instructions on how to return a gift or a wrong order, you can visit the Amazon Returns Center.
However, let’s say you’ve received a package from Amazon that is addressed to a different person. In that case, you can contact Amazon and offer to return it. Note that the company is obliged to pay the shipping costs that correspond to you. In some cases, they may even tell you that you keep the package, As reported Lifehacker. See it as a kind of reward for trying to do the right thing.
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