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    Orca Whisperer W3WN's Avatar
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    Is This a New Scam?

    So, about 45 minutes ago, we hear someone come up to the front porch and drop off a box. By the time I get to the front door, the Boss is bringing the box in, as the Amazon delivery truck roars away.

    It's addressed to me. No return address.

    Inside? A humidifier. One I never ordered. One I never even heard of before.

    So, I call Amazon Customer Support to try and figure out what's going on. Based on the tracking number below the shipping bar code, they tell me I ordered it, but can't tell me when. They also can't tell me how much it cost, or what credit/debit card it was charged to. They also tell me that there's another package coming. Containing a beanie. Yeah, a beanie.

    Yeah. Real helpful.

    Customer service agent suggests it might be a gift from a friend or family. (Really? I doubt that). He also asks if anyone else in the household has an Amazon account, and then strongly suggests that Little Miss Field Day ordered it, probably for herself. Really? Then why is it in my name, why is there no paperwork?

    I should be getting a follow-up call from a Customer Support Specialist within 24 - 48 hours, after they research this more thoroughly.

    Checked the bank statement. No unusual charges; no on my account, the Boss's account, or LMFD's account. Ditto on my credit cards. So this didn't get charged to me.

    Anyone ever hear of this before?

    The only other thing I can think of, someone may have taken a card out in my name, but then, why ship this crap to my house? If they were planning on being porch pirates, they're SOL, not with the Boss home all day right now.

    ...and if Amazon wants this nonsense back, they can have it. But they're going to have to come and get it...

    Thoughts?
    “Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019

    BAN THE DH!

    Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
    Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.

    Just remember: Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain. He died in Washington, DC

    Cutch 300!!!!!

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    Get the police involved ASAP! FBI even.

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    Orca Whisperer W3WN's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC View Post
    Get the police involved ASAP! FBI even.
    Can’t. They’re busy looking for red ballots.
    “Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019

    BAN THE DH!

    Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
    Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.

    Just remember: Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain. He died in Washington, DC

    Cutch 300!!!!!

    “Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders

    Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati


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    Weird, and strangely disturbing.

    The package, not the wild goose chase the cops are on. That I would expect from Cheato Mussolini.

    Like that post was...
    Moving on, my posts are not helpful

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    So I had a similar incident a few months back. Heard the truck, by the time I got to the porch he was gone. Left a package with my name and nothing else. Turned out it was a porch pirate drop off. Nothing on my cards I was just the drop point. Someone was supposed to sneak up and grab it and haul ass. They didn't do their map check they would have seen I live in the sticks! The UPS guy came back and took the package back to the distro point. Heard no more about it.
    "Don't put it on the plate if you can't eat it!"

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    I still get weird shit sent here from the previous occupants.

    Two of them subscribed to online cigarettes.
    Most look like bills and stuff from lawyers.

    I found weird shit left from the previous occupants.

    Boxes of prurient greeting cards of the S&M variety.
    Spoons with looped handles in a box with new needles.

    WTF was going on here?

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    of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman



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    Quote Originally Posted by W3WN View Post
    Can’t. They’re busy looking for red ballots.
    Ron, why the snark?

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    I guess I'm confused. How does getting a random box rise to the level of calling cops, let alone the FBI?

    I'm not surprised I don't get it.

    Like that post was...
    Moving on, my posts are not helpful

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    Quote Originally Posted by WZ7U View Post
    I guess I'm confused. How does getting a random box rise to the level of calling cops, let alone the FBI?

    I'm not surprised I don't get it.
    Wasn't Ron and his family the target of harassment at their home during the campaign season?

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    Ya know Charles, I think you're right...
    Maybe Ron will expound upon this in the morning.

    Like that post was...
    Moving on, my posts are not helpful

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