Someone keeps sending parcels to my house, what is this??

I’ve had a scam similar to this a couple of times - first was an expensive mobile I didn’t order in my name - a fake courier came to collect it 20 minutes later and I’d refused delivery, much to his chagrin. Another scam was someone ordering something to my address in their name and then coming to collect it in the evening - I’d already returned it via the Amazon cabinet at the end of the road. I suspect he’d ordered whatever it was on credit or with a dodgy credit card. He was similarly upset.

This!!
OP, have you told her to get in touch with the sender and change the address? And that you won't be taking anymore in?

What I meant was, surely you do know she’s in the same building as you if the address applies only to one building.

Next time you have one left that they need to collect I would tell her that you aren't taking in any more parcels for them and to change their address and ask WHY they haven't already!?

Impress upon everyone in the household to check the name before taking a parcel in.
And those left on the doorstep: does your building have a communal entranceway of any kind? If so I'd leave them there with a note saying 'misdelivered'.
Incidentally, even if your building is big, if it's one building how come you don't know if she's in the same one?

Annoying. Try and catch them and just reiterate it's definitely not for your house. Maybe put up a sign saying 'do not leave parcels for Imelda Marcos as she does not and never has lived here'.

They can leave it on someone else's doorstep if they're adamant it belongs in your street/building.

😂😂😂😂

Can't say for sure but this can be a scam in some cases where items with contracts e.g. phones are sent to another address for fraud purposes, I would check your Experian activity.

I'm slightly puzzled:

Parcels are addressed to Kate J

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I’d stick a note to my door stating: I do not accept parcels addressed to Kate J. They are not known at this address. Do not leave them as they will be disposed of in the communal bins. Return to sender.

I think this is a scam. I can’t remember the details, but it’s a way of criminals sending things without the receiver being traceable because it’s gone to you. The criminal receiver will call round to say I’m Kate J, it was wrongly addressed, please give it me to . Don’t accept parcels with the wrong name or if they are left ask the courier to pick them up.

I would keep the parcels and notify nobody. If they are legit parcels she or the courier will soon come looking.
if its a scam, they wont.

lol. Well if you see an extra-muscly, highly-sexed dog with an unusually deep bark you will know what’s happened.

I am picking YABU, because I don't understand why you are taking these packages in.

I had a spate of packages coming to my house last year. First time there was 4 packages in one delivery - via Royal Mail. To a Debbie Harris (not her real name,) at MY address 1, High Street, Anytown, Anyshire.

I was not expecting anything, and looked at the packages. They all said Debbie Harris, 1 High Street, Anytown, Anyshire. I said 'sorry but no-one of that name lives here.' The postie said 'well do you know her?' I told him (truthfully) that I didn't know who this Debbie was. I refused to accept the packages. 2 of them were large (like the size of a microwave oven.) He had to make 2 trips to and from his van.

Same thing happened 4 more times over the coming 10 days. Another 12 packages over another 4 deliveries. Same name every time... this Debbie Harris. (So, several packages in each delivery.) Every last time, I refused the packages. Postie had to lug them back to his van, after recording on a little handheld computer thing that the customer at 1 High Street had refused the packages, because no-one of that name lived at the property.

Then it all stopped. After about 10-11 days.

I never got to the bottom of what it was, but I suspect it was a scam. As has been said, some people send for stuff/buy stuff, (often fraudulently/with a stolen credit card) and get it sent to someone else's property ... Then they come and knock on the door and take the packages, pretending the seller has got the wrong address... (Or they will wait for them to be put in a safe space like a shed or some kind of outbuilding, and will come and take it when no-one is around. YOU don't have the notification it has been delivered, so you will very likely not know it's there!)

I have a safe space for when I'm not in too, so if I hadn't been in, the packages may have been put in there. Luckily I was in every time (work from home) and was able to be in for every one, so I could refuse it ... Bit bold doing it with so many packages though. Around 15 in total!

I have to say, it was very unnerving.

tl;dr @Jennajenjen STOP accepting these packages!

Check your credit history score. They may be using your name on the credit card too but then the 'delivery' name is theirs so you think it's just a mistaken address.

Hope you don’t get burgled for the packages?

Bit odd. And what items are they trying on,like taking off a shoe in the street to try on a slipper or something? All sounds bizzare. I'd put an end to it and id worry its criminal activity as others have suggested above.

I don't get why you accept them. You know that nobody of that name has ever lived in your house?

It seems dodgy and annoying so just tell postman and delivery people they don't live here and pls don't deliver to that name here.

The thing that would worry me is if it's bank related stuff, loans etc? If someone is using your address for that. But I don't see how if they never collect the stuff.