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Odd one. The wife has just had a pair of raybans delivered to her at home (from china and obviously fake) with her name/address on packet . They were dropped through letter box so she did not need to sign for them or anything. She never ordered them so she is not sure what is going on, and we are not sure what the scam could be if it is a scam.
Any ideas stw.
Test purchase on CC?
CC about to get rinsed.
Was there any info with them - or just some glasses in an envelope.
If it is a test purchase it would of been weeks ago as the delivery was from china, and last weeks CC Statement was fine. Paypal account is fine too.
Just glasses, no paperwork hence her confusion
Have you maybe ordered something else recently and been sent the wrong thing?
A lot of retailers are crap at putting and consignment notes in with stuff. I’ve just had a bulk quantity of flatpacked cardboard boxes delivered that I didn’t order - no sender info with them so it wasn’t clear until the blankets I had ordered didn’t appear that it was an error with that order.
Free offer with another purchase? Holiday, insurance etc?
I once received a Chromecast through the post from Amazon. It had my name etc on the box but no paperwork inside. I'd been looking at them the week before but never ordered one and never got charged for it, nor did it ever appear in my order history.
I suspected it was just an IT brainfart and a delivery was generated automatically somehow.
This could be the same? Perhaps she ordered something from somewhere who then got an order mixed up and accidentlly put her name on it? Printed the wrong address label maybe?
Check recent EBay purchases and then look at the other items listed by those sellers to see if the Ray Bans come up?
The above post about the Chromecast sounds proper suspect IMO. Even if it is in Amazon packaging.
That could be a compromised device designed to harvest passwords, spread malware, turn your devices into botnets, spy on you via webcams... a whole host of nasties.
For years the main attack vector for industrial cyber crime was dropping USB sticks outside the entrance to whatever organisation you want to attack. "Ooohh free USB stick!" .... Away John goes to plug in his new found storage device and bam, you're in.
That's the reason why most IT departments now lock down USB ports on computers.
Anyway, tangent there. I've no idea what the Ray Ban scam is.
[i]I've no idea what the Ray Ban scam is[/i]
Just don't let her put them on
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> http://www.****/news/article-4145130/Chinese-brushers-send-unordered-parcels-British-homes.html</span>
Well i will keep an eye on our accounts for a bit but so far all seems ok. I did come across this dailymail article about 'brushers' which i had never heard of, so it may be this. Just all very odd.
No, never heard of that either but sounds exactly like what it is! Also interestingly you go straight through to that link when you click it, rather than the DM warning page or whatever the old forum had...
Nicely written article that - [i]Many initially fear they have fallen victim to credit card when they received the cheap, often counterfeit goods through their door[/i]
I bought a few bits of AliExpress and I did notice that pretty much everything has 5 star reviews - I assumed it was AliExpress gaming it but maybe not.
They were probably sent by her boyfriend.
What a cheapskate.