This morning, had two women ring my doorbell. When I asked them who they were and what they wanted, there was a bit of a pause / hesitancy, they then said they were from “Amazon”.
Just seconds before that, a man carrying a big box did ask for entry, but when I asked him to confirm which flat he wanted (because I definitely was NOT expecting a package but wondered if I should accept for the immediate neighbours), he frowned and promptly left without answering.
There were two women standing behind him by two or three yards, standing aside a bit.
Then just a heartbeat later, they stepped up to the intercom and rang my bell again.
I could see all this on camera.
I noticed they were not carrying any sort of package and did not look like the usual sort of delivery drivers.
I asked them what exactly were they delivering? Again, looking a bit shifty and sheepish, they replied that it was “a suitcase”.
There are several problems with this:
They were wearing plain clothes, think slightly crumpled civil servants look, wouldn’t have pegged them as drivers
They were both carrying rucksacks - never seen drivers doing this when they are sprinting around all day
There were two of them - never seen two drivers delivering one supposed package
They just generally were not convincing and shifted around oddly
Do delivery drivers even know exactly what is in a package they are delivering for them to claim it’s a suitcase?
They would not identify themselves when challenged that they clearly were not from Amazon
When I asked them to confirm they had the right door number, they said, “Yes. You. Number such and such.”
They seemed quite exasperated by my questions, as though they had every right to enter.
They were definitely trying to lie their way in.
Does anyone have any idea what they may have been up to?
It’s all very odd. Occasionally someone might mistakenly ring the bell, but I haven’t seen this level of intent, lying, and persistence.
Has this happened to anyone else?