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Weird situation/Possible scam?

conlt — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 21:57:55 GMT

The house next to me is vacant and the other day I noticed a Chewy.com box outside of the house. I thought it was quite odd, and if fact checked my Chewy account to see if they had delivered my box to the wrong address. No, I did not have any orders processed.

Yesterday the package was gone, and today Fedex pulls up and delivers another Chewy.com box. I asked the driver if she was sure that the box was being delivered to the correct address she said it was.

The owner of that house has never owned a pet and he lives in a condo not far from here. I don't have his phone number. It is quite odd, what do you think?

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kivah — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 21:59:42 GMT

@conlt

I think u should email Chewy. Something is fishy.

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suzyQ3 — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:02:45 GMT

@conlt, yes, it strange.

Could be that a dog has taken residence and has ordered food? Just a thought.

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m0rgan — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:05:05 GMT

Maybe the police should be notified calling a non-emergency phone number.

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conlt — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:21:05 GMT

I think I will call the police. Last year, I was a victim of mail fraud where a neighbor, from another street, was stealing mail, opening up credit cards and buying things. The police found thousands of names, addresses, even birth dates and SS# of local people. I found out about it when I received a call from the postmaster. The main person though was just sentenced to 3 years in Federal Prison for the scam. As a victim, I receive updates from the Department of Justice and I just received that notice this week. I wonder if they or someone else could be up to the same type of scam.

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GAQShopr53 — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:23:53 GMT

I think I would contact the owner and verify the shipment. I use to have chewy on auto-ship and forgot to cancel so the order went out. Perhaps the owner did not know order was being shipped to that address or his account could have been hacked.

The other scenario is the crook ordered the dog food with a stolen card and had it delivered to that address (which they would have had to known was vacant). Too bad you don't have a security camera that captured who picked up the package in the middle of the night. Regardless I think would contact the owner first before the authorities.

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ValuSkr — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:25:05 GMT

Yes, it is odd. But why is the house vacant with the owner living nearby in a condo? That's odd too.

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m0rgan — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:27:15 GMT

As fast as they are arrested they come up with a new scheme. I would just alert them that you are concerned since you know of no pets and getting two chewy.com boxes in a single week. It really can't hurt.

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GAQShopr53 — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:28:25 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
Yes, it is odd. But why is the house vacant with the owner living nearby in a condo? That's odd too.

@ValuSkr I had a neighbor whose home caught on fire and she moved into a condo about 5 miles away and never returned to the home. She eventually allowed her sons to rent the home. I am thinking she can't sell and was just going to walk away from the home.

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conlt — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:34:43 GMT

Who knows why he does not live there, he is a little weird. He rented the house out a couple of times. I just messaged him on facebook.

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Love my grandkids — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:44:24 GMT

@GAQShopr53 The OP stated she does not have a phone number for the new owner.

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GAQShopr53 — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:50:49 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
@GAQShopr53 The OP stated she does not have a phone number for the new owner.

Yes but she stated she knew where he lived. According to her post she was able to send him a message via Facebook messenger.

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bikerbabe — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:48:00 GMT

Sounds more like his stuff is going to his old address. Or a former tenant if you said he had renters there.

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FrostyBabe1 — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:53:19 GMT

Is it possible that it's easier to have the box delivered to the vacant house than then condo?

My nephew lives in a condo that requires a key to access the lobby, so he has all packages delivered to his office. Perhaps something similar is going on here?

I think it's smart of the OP to contact the owner of the house rather than going right to law enforcement. Let the owner respond and go from there.

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missy1 — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:57:37 GMT

I also think the owner migjht be having his packages go there instead of the condo. Maybe he don't want people to know he has a dog/other pet.

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conlt — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 23:02:40 GMT

Could be but I kind of doubt it. He has owned this house since 2005 and I never knew him to have a pet. I also don't know exactly where he lives but I know he lives in town. Funny, he was never an animal lover.

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SilleeMee — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 23:11:20 GMT

There are some people who have no mailing address. This might be a case where someone is using that house address in order to fulfill their orders.

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January121 — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 23:12:40 GMT

@conlt wrote:
The house next to me is vacant and the other day I noticed a Chewy.com box outside of the house. I thought it was quite odd, and if fact checked my Chewy account to see if they had delivered my box to the wrong address. No, I did not have any orders processed.
Yesterday the package was gone, and today Fedex pulls up and delivers another Chewy.com box. I asked the driver if she was sure that the box was being delivered to the correct address she said it was.
The owner of that house has never owned a pet and he lives in a condo not far from here. I don't have his phone number. It is quite odd, what do you think?

@conlt ..... do you ever see lights on in the house? .... could it be squatters are living there illegally? ..... it is a very strange situation!!!!

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conlt — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 23:24:27 GMT

He does have the electricity on. The last person who was there was here in March around the 10th and only stayed a couple of days. He had a RV and I think was here for Daytona bike week. I also saw the home owner at that time. The owner used to come by every few days and pick up his mail but I have not seen him lately. It is strange for me not to see him, especially on the weekends. He is around enough though if there were squatters there he would know it. Also, I have 3 dogs and am out with them during the evening up to about 11 at night. You would think I would know if someone was coming and going there.

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50Mickey — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 23:25:34 GMT

Is it possible to look at the box and see the name of the addressee? If not you can call the tax assessor's office and get the address of where the tax bill is being sent. This is public record. Then just drop your former neighbor a note and let let know boxes are being delivered at his property. This is not really a police matter. There is no evidence that a crime is being committed. I doubt that they would come if you called.