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[Venezia]

@We rescue cats - Maybe to prevent an issue with your gifts being returned, you should send a heads up to the customers in advance.

That way they know to expect the package and that it's not a scam or something sent in error.

[sunshine45]

if you cannot use it then just give it away on a free local facebook group or through nextdoor if you use that app. someone will be happy with it.

i have received "free items" from amazon. they probably want reviews on the item.

[Luv2Dnce]

SilleeMee,

I've never heard about this.  Thanks for letting us know!

By the way, I love your profile name!  

[SactoSue]

WOW

I have occasionally received unordered small items of this sort, from an unknown foreign address and "vendor" .

I have also tried to work out what the scam is, so this information is really helpful and thank you for posting it. 

I just remove or mark out any information with my name and address on it and throw it in the trash. 

[Kachina624]

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@Carmie wrote:

About two weeks ago, we got a small package addressed to a lady we didn't know with our address clearly shown on the label.

I looked up the company's name and address to see what it could possibly be inside.  The company was legit and they made dentures.

We googled the lady's name and figured out she lived about two streets away.

My husband drove to her house and asked if the package was hers.  It was.

We have received some crazy things in the mail, even scam items, but this was the first time, a neighbor we don't know, somehow got her package sent to our house.

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@Carmie.  From what  I read on the NextDoor app, this sort of thing happens all the time.   One poor women gets big, expensive items all the time for a person she doesn't know, most recently a huge case of disposable diapers.  You'd think the intended recipient would get this straightened out.

[We rescue cats]

@Venezia We do, most of them are on our mailing list, we send contracts and their address and phone is on it.But 99% of our contracts and contact is electronic. Funny that this happens, we are really well known for sending this particular wine. . . part of the fun has always been that the recipient is so excited when they open the box, the presentation is really nice.

[Venezia]

Something else that has puzzled or concerned me in the past week is a couple of orders I've had being delivered by FedEx.

I got emails with a tracking number and, when I clicked on it, the FedEx page said they had duplicate tracking numbers!

Sure enough, one was for me and the others showed someone else's address (town or city only), but with a photo of the item delivered to them.  (This has happened twice already.)

How on earth do they use duplicate tracking numbers?  And how do they make sure the items get to the correct destination?

I've never seen anything like that before and I'll bring it to the attention of the retailer with whom I placed the orders.

[RescueLover]

@Venezia 🌸


I’m not sure I would open an email that might have been a scammer, instead of FEDEX.


I would have gone to the website of the company and check the package status instead, to be on the safe side.



Too many emails are looking more and more like the real thing, but quite possibly could be scams.


Unfortunately having a junk mail inbox is no guarantee that the scammer is Blocked.

[SilleeMee]

I would never click on anything, for instance a link or a QR code, sent to me in an email even if the email seems to come from a legitimate source. Instead I go straight to source and not through any email. You can never be safe enough these days. 

[Venezia]

@RescueLover - The email was from the retailer (absolutely) and the duplicate tracking numbers were on the FedEx site.  I would never click on anything from an unknown source.  And I always hover over the sender's address in an email to verify it.  I got the tracking number from the retailer's website, when I checked on my account.

(Too many years working in I.T.!  My sister-in-law calls me paranoid.  I call it being careful.)