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To wonder who is sending me these gifts and want them to stop?

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TempANew · 26/08/2024 22:04

Is there a way I can find out via Amazon? Most of it is through there

I keep getting random gifts with a message like ‘A gift for TempANew :)’

No name ever left. Nothing sinister. Random stuff. Wash set. Clothes. Cutlery. Small gadgets. Toys for DC. DVD’s 🤔

It is strangely unsettling.

This is all within days. I opened the first thing excited someone had suprised me. But nobody has claimed to have sent all this stuff and it is wildly out of character for everyone I’ve asked to A. buy it all, of course B. Lie and not confess

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IncessantNameChanger · 29/08/2024 23:04

Oh that's creepy. If no luck with M&S, I'd try to think up a trap, but not sure how. Pick a,item to rave about only your sister via a secure method that you actually hate and see if it turns up?

Webbymeister · 29/08/2024 22:57

Is it someone being kind because you’ve had a tough time?

whatsoccuringnow · 29/08/2024 22:55

Hope you find out, it's very strange!

Left · 29/08/2024 22:45

Try the Suzy Lamplugh Trust or National stalking helpline for advice. This is all a bit creepy, especially a jacket you’d publicly looked at.

Stickytoffeepudding6 · 29/08/2024 22:34

Did you find out?

I hope the OP comes back as really want to know.

Mozzarellaenchanted · 27/08/2024 09:26

Do you sleep walk? 🤣

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TempANew · 27/08/2024 09:02

I don’t think I have any hidden admirers, no!

The coat is 1 size wrong. The order receipt inside the bag says my name as the person who’s ordered it. Doesn’t say any bank details or ‘card ending in xxxx’ though

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MouseofCommons · 27/08/2024 08:53

Brushing for reviews. Report them. Although I'm sure you get to keep them.

ratherbesurfing · 27/08/2024 08:51

I got repeated random stuff once and it turned out that someone was ordering things for themselves and hadn’t changed the delivery address from something they’d previously had delivered to us.

They then reordered everything because it hadn’t arrived. We only discovered what was going on after a chance conversation.

Trumptonagain · 27/08/2024 08:43

That is a bit strange that it would be an item of that expense and from M&S.

If you're sure your DSis didn't send it and she hasn't mentioned it to anyone else that would have given it as a surprise to you if you have one local ish I'd pop in with it and make enquiries as to where it can from.

RunningJo · 27/08/2024 08:14

Very odd.
I haven’t read all the responses so apologies if you have already done this, but I’d be contacting the police.
It’s one thing to be sent things via online, which is strange in itself, but this M&S thing is a whole new level of odd.

I hope you manage to get this sorted.

wineandcheeseplease · 27/08/2024 08:14

Yeh that's weird now

FUBAR77 · 27/08/2024 08:12

Very odd OP!

  1. is the jacket your size?
  2. do you have any admirers
  3. are you struggling financially and these gifts could be from someone wanting to treat you but knows you wouldnt accept them out of pride?
Mindymomo · 27/08/2024 08:10

Do You have paperwork with the M&S order, like order no. then they should be able to look into payment details and if there is a name connected with it. It is worrying, were you looking at jacket in store or online, not that it means anything to me, but could rule out someone tracking your viewing history.

TheEuropaHotel · 27/08/2024 08:08

Oh hang on - just seen update! Thats quite odd

MissUltraViolet · 27/08/2024 08:07

Think I would be reporting it to the police at this point.

If it was 100% not your sister (ask her again and make sure she knows how serious this is for you now) and if it can't be your DC, then surely someone has to have been watching you to know you were looking at that jacket?

TheEuropaHotel · 27/08/2024 08:07

Brushing scam as others have said

Doggymummar · 27/08/2024 08:04

That is weird 😕 🤯

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TempANew · 27/08/2024 07:59

If anyone is interested, I’m off to M&S this morning to ask in person if they can trace an order

This was behind my bin yesterday, in a package addressed to me. From M&S.

It’s a jacket I was looking at recently. But in store. I was browsing with my sister and my DC

She swears blind she has not sent it. I believe her. And she wouldn’t just send me a £69 coat! Nor would she then insist she hasn’t

To wonder who is sending me these gifts and want them to stop?
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RunningJo · 27/08/2024 07:06

sunseaandsoundingoff · 26/08/2024 23:11

What's the website please?

I had a similar thing happen, they bought thousands of pounds of jewellery and phones using my credit score and a fake bank account set up in my name and address (the only details they had for me).

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hi, the website is https://www.cifas.org.uk/services/identity-protection

Identity Protection | Prevent Personal Fraud | Cifas

Fraudsters can acquire and use your personal details in a variety of ways. Find out how to prevent and respond to the growing problem of identity theft.

https://www.cifas.org.uk/services/identity-protection

a222 · 27/08/2024 02:20

DickEmery · 27/08/2024 01:02

Well it's finally happened. The machines have taken over.

It's not a person sending you these things OP : it's your phone. You enable AI Assistant, this is what you get.

if ai buys us presents that would be lovely

a222 · 27/08/2024 02:18

not brushing, the items sound too expensive. the brushers usually send minor things like a single hair bobble or whatever.

Boxofstars · 27/08/2024 01:50

I wouldnt mind a few gifts.
A nice pair of Skechers shoes and Florentyna perfume i would happily accept.

JL690 · 27/08/2024 01:13

I would be worried. It's a scam to find out if the address is active, like the person named at the address really lives there and then the sender has a name and valid address to use for credit card applications etc. Then they put a postal redirect on the address so the false cards go to them.

DickEmery · 27/08/2024 01:02

Well it's finally happened. The machines have taken over.

It's not a person sending you these things OP : it's your phone. You enable AI Assistant, this is what you get.