Amazon keeps sending me random stuff I didn't order
Wondering if this has happened to anyone else here? Are we on a “list” because we are sellers? Or are people getting our addresses from our Amazon pages? And WHY would we get these random packages?
Because not once, but twice now, I have received a random box delivered to me from Amazon. Very random items in each box - nothing that I ordered - and both boxes had my address on them, but they were addressed to “Jipeng Wang” at my address, a name I’ve never even heard of. They were delivered about 2 weeks apart, by an Amazon delivery person.
I called Amazon on both of them and was told to “keep, destroy or donate the products” and that “you may continue to get unwanted packages”. I asked to send them back and was told not to send them back. These are all new items in the boxes. An infrared thermometer, XL dog collar (I have chihuahuas - all 4 of them combined wouldn’t fit in one of these), a facial hair trimmer in one box, and in the other shipment a bunch of new Apple charger cords (I have Samsung products, no apple phones).
This is just so bizarre. I don’t understand the reason behind it or how it’s happening, or if it will even stop.
Amazon keeps sending me random stuff I didn't order
Wondering if this has happened to anyone else here? Are we on a “list” because we are sellers? Or are people getting our addresses from our Amazon pages? And WHY would we get these random packages?
Because not once, but twice now, I have received a random box delivered to me from Amazon. Very random items in each box - nothing that I ordered - and both boxes had my address on them, but they were addressed to “Jipeng Wang” at my address, a name I’ve never even heard of. They were delivered about 2 weeks apart, by an Amazon delivery person.
I called Amazon on both of them and was told to “keep, destroy or donate the products” and that “you may continue to get unwanted packages”. I asked to send them back and was told not to send them back. These are all new items in the boxes. An infrared thermometer, XL dog collar (I have chihuahuas - all 4 of them combined wouldn’t fit in one of these), a facial hair trimmer in one box, and in the other shipment a bunch of new Apple charger cords (I have Samsung products, no apple phones).
This is just so bizarre. I don’t understand the reason behind it or how it’s happening, or if it will even stop.
84 replies
Seller_nRFmxiQg4EGrw
This is not uncommon. Google “Brushing Scam” for an explanation.
Seller_EaXxdawRo2l6o
Same, but it’s only happened once… the most bizarre products. Multiple empty roll on glass bottles, another type of glass container multipack and weird, out of date Schick razors multipacks.
I wrote and they called me, but no one could give me any answers despite giving them all of the info from the outer carton and the tracking number. It came from an Amazon warehouse, but they have absolutely no record of it. So weird and creepy!
Seller_jZWpyInw8RkYT
@Rushdie is our resident Forum expert on brushing scams. Follow their instructions below.
Seller_8Wfpcf6cHQaPy
Did you ever respond to a seller’s offer placed in an order for either a warranty extension or a “free” gift?
If you ever gave your address to any seller, other than through an order, that is the most likely reason.
These sellers harvest names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, etc… and then sell lists to other sellers or they share the information between groups.
Some are sly and ask you to extend your warranty others are more blatant:
That $30 gift card to you, is worth a possible goldmine to the giver…
Seller_0ZsROJiPtteie
That happened to me last September, twice, about 2 weeks apart. Random items sent to my address but with someone else’s name. I tried to search for that name online, thinking that maybe they just had the wrong “city state zip” but the correct street address, but found nothing. Amazon told me not to send them back but to keep them. All 5 or 6 items were not able to be found anywhere on Amazon.com. They all had Chinese written all over them and no barcodes and no brand name. I suspect some kind of scam. I gave them away to friends. Some of them were kind of expensive items.
Seller_SXdJhtjQp9Cv7
My experience is a bit different. Amazon keeps sending me notes about an item I ordered and, they say, cancelled. I didn’t cancel the products. Then asking that I return the product when it is delivered. Then they told me to keep or donate it. I give up.
Seller_la6yWqhB9Jzwb
This brushing scam started years ago, long before our addresses were part of our seller pages.
Seller_jw3HRo32wY2Hk
This is being spun as a brushing/review scam, but… it is actually another bad actor attack on Amazon from the known prior sources - e.g. Saudi cyber army? It’s generating a lot of bad PR and seems a lot like an attack on Amazon’s business model to me. Writing as a seller significantly impacted by the Saudi cyber army attacks.
Seller_uAvsUGxLUNXQC
For the people that are too lazy to look up brushing scam…
Sellers create fake amazon accounts, order their products on Amazon and send them to real US addresses. This then allows them to write verified 5-star reviews to boost their listing. The person being scammed here is not you as the recipient of the package, but Amazon and possibly us as sellers.
So while in large it’s something that isn’t good, you personally don’t have to worry about getting these packages. They are often legit products, and they just randomly chose your name and address off of a list. If you think anybody on this forum doesn’t have their personal information out there on the internet… boy do I have a story to tell you.
Seller_WtOwWhtSrFjva
Are you expecting FBA returns from Amazon?
We keeping getting stuff that is not ours in our returns. Sometimes it is more valuable than the item it was suppose to be and sometimes it wasn’t. Any way we contact Amazon and get a refund.
Once we received 9 cases of two person unicorn pool floaties. We called Amazon. They said to keep them that they would refund the vendor. I looked and there was only one vendor on Amazon so I contacted them. They sent us the shipping docs and we shipped them to where they were supposed to go. $900 worth.
Just last week, I got an email from a customer saying he received seven packs of seeds when he only ordered one. I told him to contact Amazon since when the items come up missing in inventory they will reimburse me.
Part of the fees we pay, go to help cover all these losses.
Amazon keeps sending me random stuff I didn't order
Wondering if this has happened to anyone else here? Are we on a “list” because we are sellers? Or are people getting our addresses from our Amazon pages? And WHY would we get these random packages?
Because not once, but twice now, I have received a random box delivered to me from Amazon. Very random items in each box - nothing that I ordered - and both boxes had my address on them, but they were addressed to “Jipeng Wang” at my address, a name I’ve never even heard of. They were delivered about 2 weeks apart, by an Amazon delivery person.
I called Amazon on both of them and was told to “keep, destroy or donate the products” and that “you may continue to get unwanted packages”. I asked to send them back and was told not to send them back. These are all new items in the boxes. An infrared thermometer, XL dog collar (I have chihuahuas - all 4 of them combined wouldn’t fit in one of these), a facial hair trimmer in one box, and in the other shipment a bunch of new Apple charger cords (I have Samsung products, no apple phones).
This is just so bizarre. I don’t understand the reason behind it or how it’s happening, or if it will even stop.
Amazon keeps sending me random stuff I didn't order
Wondering if this has happened to anyone else here? Are we on a “list” because we are sellers? Or are people getting our addresses from our Amazon pages? And WHY would we get these random packages?
Because not once, but twice now, I have received a random box delivered to me from Amazon. Very random items in each box - nothing that I ordered - and both boxes had my address on them, but they were addressed to “Jipeng Wang” at my address, a name I’ve never even heard of. They were delivered about 2 weeks apart, by an Amazon delivery person.
I called Amazon on both of them and was told to “keep, destroy or donate the products” and that “you may continue to get unwanted packages”. I asked to send them back and was told not to send them back. These are all new items in the boxes. An infrared thermometer, XL dog collar (I have chihuahuas - all 4 of them combined wouldn’t fit in one of these), a facial hair trimmer in one box, and in the other shipment a bunch of new Apple charger cords (I have Samsung products, no apple phones).
This is just so bizarre. I don’t understand the reason behind it or how it’s happening, or if it will even stop.
Amazon keeps sending me random stuff I didn't order
Wondering if this has happened to anyone else here? Are we on a “list” because we are sellers? Or are people getting our addresses from our Amazon pages? And WHY would we get these random packages?
Because not once, but twice now, I have received a random box delivered to me from Amazon. Very random items in each box - nothing that I ordered - and both boxes had my address on them, but they were addressed to “Jipeng Wang” at my address, a name I’ve never even heard of. They were delivered about 2 weeks apart, by an Amazon delivery person.
I called Amazon on both of them and was told to “keep, destroy or donate the products” and that “you may continue to get unwanted packages”. I asked to send them back and was told not to send them back. These are all new items in the boxes. An infrared thermometer, XL dog collar (I have chihuahuas - all 4 of them combined wouldn’t fit in one of these), a facial hair trimmer in one box, and in the other shipment a bunch of new Apple charger cords (I have Samsung products, no apple phones).
This is just so bizarre. I don’t understand the reason behind it or how it’s happening, or if it will even stop.
84 replies
84 replies
Seller_nRFmxiQg4EGrw
This is not uncommon. Google “Brushing Scam” for an explanation.
Seller_EaXxdawRo2l6o
Same, but it’s only happened once… the most bizarre products. Multiple empty roll on glass bottles, another type of glass container multipack and weird, out of date Schick razors multipacks.
I wrote and they called me, but no one could give me any answers despite giving them all of the info from the outer carton and the tracking number. It came from an Amazon warehouse, but they have absolutely no record of it. So weird and creepy!
Seller_jZWpyInw8RkYT
@Rushdie is our resident Forum expert on brushing scams. Follow their instructions below.
Seller_8Wfpcf6cHQaPy
Did you ever respond to a seller’s offer placed in an order for either a warranty extension or a “free” gift?
If you ever gave your address to any seller, other than through an order, that is the most likely reason.
These sellers harvest names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, etc… and then sell lists to other sellers or they share the information between groups.
Some are sly and ask you to extend your warranty others are more blatant:
That $30 gift card to you, is worth a possible goldmine to the giver…
Seller_0ZsROJiPtteie
That happened to me last September, twice, about 2 weeks apart. Random items sent to my address but with someone else’s name. I tried to search for that name online, thinking that maybe they just had the wrong “city state zip” but the correct street address, but found nothing. Amazon told me not to send them back but to keep them. All 5 or 6 items were not able to be found anywhere on Amazon.com. They all had Chinese written all over them and no barcodes and no brand name. I suspect some kind of scam. I gave them away to friends. Some of them were kind of expensive items.
Seller_SXdJhtjQp9Cv7
My experience is a bit different. Amazon keeps sending me notes about an item I ordered and, they say, cancelled. I didn’t cancel the products. Then asking that I return the product when it is delivered. Then they told me to keep or donate it. I give up.
Seller_la6yWqhB9Jzwb
This brushing scam started years ago, long before our addresses were part of our seller pages.
Seller_jw3HRo32wY2Hk
This is being spun as a brushing/review scam, but… it is actually another bad actor attack on Amazon from the known prior sources - e.g. Saudi cyber army? It’s generating a lot of bad PR and seems a lot like an attack on Amazon’s business model to me. Writing as a seller significantly impacted by the Saudi cyber army attacks.
Seller_uAvsUGxLUNXQC
For the people that are too lazy to look up brushing scam…
Sellers create fake amazon accounts, order their products on Amazon and send them to real US addresses. This then allows them to write verified 5-star reviews to boost their listing. The person being scammed here is not you as the recipient of the package, but Amazon and possibly us as sellers.
So while in large it’s something that isn’t good, you personally don’t have to worry about getting these packages. They are often legit products, and they just randomly chose your name and address off of a list. If you think anybody on this forum doesn’t have their personal information out there on the internet… boy do I have a story to tell you.
Seller_WtOwWhtSrFjva
Are you expecting FBA returns from Amazon?
We keeping getting stuff that is not ours in our returns. Sometimes it is more valuable than the item it was suppose to be and sometimes it wasn’t. Any way we contact Amazon and get a refund.
Once we received 9 cases of two person unicorn pool floaties. We called Amazon. They said to keep them that they would refund the vendor. I looked and there was only one vendor on Amazon so I contacted them. They sent us the shipping docs and we shipped them to where they were supposed to go. $900 worth.
Just last week, I got an email from a customer saying he received seven packs of seeds when he only ordered one. I told him to contact Amazon since when the items come up missing in inventory they will reimburse me.
Part of the fees we pay, go to help cover all these losses.
Seller_nRFmxiQg4EGrw
This is not uncommon. Google “Brushing Scam” for an explanation.
Seller_nRFmxiQg4EGrw
This is not uncommon. Google “Brushing Scam” for an explanation.
Seller_EaXxdawRo2l6o
Same, but it’s only happened once… the most bizarre products. Multiple empty roll on glass bottles, another type of glass container multipack and weird, out of date Schick razors multipacks.
I wrote and they called me, but no one could give me any answers despite giving them all of the info from the outer carton and the tracking number. It came from an Amazon warehouse, but they have absolutely no record of it. So weird and creepy!
Seller_EaXxdawRo2l6o
Same, but it’s only happened once… the most bizarre products. Multiple empty roll on glass bottles, another type of glass container multipack and weird, out of date Schick razors multipacks.
I wrote and they called me, but no one could give me any answers despite giving them all of the info from the outer carton and the tracking number. It came from an Amazon warehouse, but they have absolutely no record of it. So weird and creepy!
Seller_jZWpyInw8RkYT
@Rushdie is our resident Forum expert on brushing scams. Follow their instructions below.
Seller_jZWpyInw8RkYT
@Rushdie is our resident Forum expert on brushing scams. Follow their instructions below.
Seller_8Wfpcf6cHQaPy
Did you ever respond to a seller’s offer placed in an order for either a warranty extension or a “free” gift?
If you ever gave your address to any seller, other than through an order, that is the most likely reason.
These sellers harvest names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, etc… and then sell lists to other sellers or they share the information between groups.
Some are sly and ask you to extend your warranty others are more blatant:
That $30 gift card to you, is worth a possible goldmine to the giver…
Seller_8Wfpcf6cHQaPy
Did you ever respond to a seller’s offer placed in an order for either a warranty extension or a “free” gift?
If you ever gave your address to any seller, other than through an order, that is the most likely reason.
These sellers harvest names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, etc… and then sell lists to other sellers or they share the information between groups.
Some are sly and ask you to extend your warranty others are more blatant:
That $30 gift card to you, is worth a possible goldmine to the giver…
Seller_0ZsROJiPtteie
That happened to me last September, twice, about 2 weeks apart. Random items sent to my address but with someone else’s name. I tried to search for that name online, thinking that maybe they just had the wrong “city state zip” but the correct street address, but found nothing. Amazon told me not to send them back but to keep them. All 5 or 6 items were not able to be found anywhere on Amazon.com. They all had Chinese written all over them and no barcodes and no brand name. I suspect some kind of scam. I gave them away to friends. Some of them were kind of expensive items.
Seller_0ZsROJiPtteie
That happened to me last September, twice, about 2 weeks apart. Random items sent to my address but with someone else’s name. I tried to search for that name online, thinking that maybe they just had the wrong “city state zip” but the correct street address, but found nothing. Amazon told me not to send them back but to keep them. All 5 or 6 items were not able to be found anywhere on Amazon.com. They all had Chinese written all over them and no barcodes and no brand name. I suspect some kind of scam. I gave them away to friends. Some of them were kind of expensive items.
Seller_SXdJhtjQp9Cv7
My experience is a bit different. Amazon keeps sending me notes about an item I ordered and, they say, cancelled. I didn’t cancel the products. Then asking that I return the product when it is delivered. Then they told me to keep or donate it. I give up.
Seller_SXdJhtjQp9Cv7
My experience is a bit different. Amazon keeps sending me notes about an item I ordered and, they say, cancelled. I didn’t cancel the products. Then asking that I return the product when it is delivered. Then they told me to keep or donate it. I give up.
Seller_la6yWqhB9Jzwb
This brushing scam started years ago, long before our addresses were part of our seller pages.
Seller_la6yWqhB9Jzwb
This brushing scam started years ago, long before our addresses were part of our seller pages.
Seller_jw3HRo32wY2Hk
This is being spun as a brushing/review scam, but… it is actually another bad actor attack on Amazon from the known prior sources - e.g. Saudi cyber army? It’s generating a lot of bad PR and seems a lot like an attack on Amazon’s business model to me. Writing as a seller significantly impacted by the Saudi cyber army attacks.
Seller_jw3HRo32wY2Hk
This is being spun as a brushing/review scam, but… it is actually another bad actor attack on Amazon from the known prior sources - e.g. Saudi cyber army? It’s generating a lot of bad PR and seems a lot like an attack on Amazon’s business model to me. Writing as a seller significantly impacted by the Saudi cyber army attacks.
Seller_uAvsUGxLUNXQC
For the people that are too lazy to look up brushing scam…
Sellers create fake amazon accounts, order their products on Amazon and send them to real US addresses. This then allows them to write verified 5-star reviews to boost their listing. The person being scammed here is not you as the recipient of the package, but Amazon and possibly us as sellers.
So while in large it’s something that isn’t good, you personally don’t have to worry about getting these packages. They are often legit products, and they just randomly chose your name and address off of a list. If you think anybody on this forum doesn’t have their personal information out there on the internet… boy do I have a story to tell you.
Seller_uAvsUGxLUNXQC
For the people that are too lazy to look up brushing scam…
Sellers create fake amazon accounts, order their products on Amazon and send them to real US addresses. This then allows them to write verified 5-star reviews to boost their listing. The person being scammed here is not you as the recipient of the package, but Amazon and possibly us as sellers.
So while in large it’s something that isn’t good, you personally don’t have to worry about getting these packages. They are often legit products, and they just randomly chose your name and address off of a list. If you think anybody on this forum doesn’t have their personal information out there on the internet… boy do I have a story to tell you.
Seller_WtOwWhtSrFjva
Are you expecting FBA returns from Amazon?
We keeping getting stuff that is not ours in our returns. Sometimes it is more valuable than the item it was suppose to be and sometimes it wasn’t. Any way we contact Amazon and get a refund.
Once we received 9 cases of two person unicorn pool floaties. We called Amazon. They said to keep them that they would refund the vendor. I looked and there was only one vendor on Amazon so I contacted them. They sent us the shipping docs and we shipped them to where they were supposed to go. $900 worth.
Just last week, I got an email from a customer saying he received seven packs of seeds when he only ordered one. I told him to contact Amazon since when the items come up missing in inventory they will reimburse me.
Part of the fees we pay, go to help cover all these losses.
Seller_WtOwWhtSrFjva
Are you expecting FBA returns from Amazon?
We keeping getting stuff that is not ours in our returns. Sometimes it is more valuable than the item it was suppose to be and sometimes it wasn’t. Any way we contact Amazon and get a refund.
Once we received 9 cases of two person unicorn pool floaties. We called Amazon. They said to keep them that they would refund the vendor. I looked and there was only one vendor on Amazon so I contacted them. They sent us the shipping docs and we shipped them to where they were supposed to go. $900 worth.
Just last week, I got an email from a customer saying he received seven packs of seeds when he only ordered one. I told him to contact Amazon since when the items come up missing in inventory they will reimburse me.
Part of the fees we pay, go to help cover all these losses.
