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

I think you need to report this to the police (non-emergency line) or online. It sounds to me that it's likely a scam. Possibly using a stolen credit card. The fact the woman's profile is in Italian, and your MIL spoke to her in Italian and she scarpered quickly is suspicious. That might be the reason why she's not collected further parcels. I would take a screenshot of the Facebook profile, you might be able to attach the screenshot to the report. If you get another parcel, take a photograph of it, and attach it to the report. If you call the non-emergency line, they may give you an email address to attach photos etc. They may also be able to advise what you can do going forward.

We've had a similar experience whereby we've received small parcels addressed to some who doesn't live here for at least 18 months. The outside of the box seems to suggest they've come from the US. I didn't scan the QR code.
Eventually I opened them - testosterone gummies and male enhancement tablets.
We've tried giving them back to the post man - on one occasion they resealed the packet and delivered it the next day 🤦🏻‍♀️
About 4 months ago I asked on our local FB group if anyone recognised the name - it's a neighbour. I started dropping them off - no one answers the door. No change, they still come.
Yesterday my peri meno brain took over and I emptied the tubs onto their footpath and left the packaging. I feel like they need to be inconvenienced to actually act to cancel the subscription they're not always receiving.

Now I'm worried a dog is going to snaffle the gummies.

Check your credit record to make sure she hasn’t registered herself there and applied for credit.

I also think I have read this before on here. But when I read it last time, the person who was having the parcels sent to her neighbour's address - they lived in the same block of flats - turned really nasty when the recipient stopped taking the boxes in...

Given the likelihood of some sort of scam going on, I'd take them in and then contact the seller explaining this and ask for them to collect them.

Have you checked your credit report to make sure the dodgy deliveries aren't turning up on it, linked to your address?

@Imdunfer that's almost hilarious but I can imagine it's actually bloody annoying.

Good luck with putting up a notice. Yes the parcel box was big enough. One of many deliveries recently.

I would just put up a note on the door saying DO NOT LEAVE ANY PARCELS FOR XX. Not at this address. That way if any are left I'd just take a photo with the package and sign visible, send it to the delivery company and tell them the parcel is being left there for them to collect. Then leave it.

I think its if a company is fake, they choose a random address as their 'Head Office' for people to return their parcels to get a refund. People send their parcels, reassured they will be refunded. OP is left to deal with the fallout of millions of parcels! Is it cheap crap clothing OP?

My husband is a postman. A whole drug courier system was uncovered in which parcels containing drugs were being delivered to people's addresses with someone else's name. The named person would then knock on the door to collect their parcel, thereby avoiding the drug parcels being delivered to their own address. I wouldn't be taking in these parcels. Just leave them outside or refuse to accept at all.

Almost certainly a scam I'd say. I'd be tempted to take the next one in then, when they come round for it, deny knowledge so it looks as if the fake address is no longer working. Then return to sender. Check your credit though, If they're using your address it might be a form of identity theft.

I'd log this with the police and refuse further parcels that aren't in your name.

My sister had this once from a neighbour, who was stealing from a catalogue company by, I think, pretending the goods she ordered using other people’s addresses hadn’t been delivered.

Don’t let this continue, OP, or your address could get blacklisted.

The person who lived here before me kept doing this, originally I took them back to the post office and told her so when she knocked. She continued so I binned them, slowly they are getting less 😬 think she may be getting the message that what she sends here she won’t see again. 🫤

I think I'd refuse them and if they're still left I'd leave them by the communal door, possibly scribbling out your address on the box?

Report to police. They won’t be interested in working out what is going on but at least there is a record it’s nothing to do with you if it ends up being dodgy.

i’d also open one ‘oh whoops I didn’t notice the name’ to see what is being sent.

If it’s cheap tat it will be for reviews or some sort of fraud as described above.

It’s called a brushing scam. Please return itema to post office as addressee unknown at this address.

Keep returning to the post office, this sounds v odd, her using your address. See if the post office can assist with the parcels

I would report to police online so you have a record of the report just incase. Then I would do what others suggested and put up a notice not to deliver parcels for person x at the address. Keep good notes of times and dates and the FB page.

You should put a note up saying “Kate J I refuse all responsibility for your parcels. If they get nicked it’s on you.”

Send her something on Messenger (get MIL to translate into Italian if necessary) telling her to stop sending parcels to your address, you're aware this could be a scam and you'll be informing the police. If you know her identity then I'd inform the police anyway and give them a list of how often they've been sending parcels and collecting/not collecting them.

Are you in a flat? (bit confused when you say 'building') Regardless, put a note up saying "x name does not live here and no parcels in that name to be left here". Make sure your family check the name on the parcel when they answer the door.

I am a housing officer.

I got this when I moved a new tenant in a block. He moved in flat 19 and flat 12 kept getting parcels. Next thing I know the guy from no 16 is calling to let me know the police have been in the building, hand delivered letters though all the doors advising it os illegal to get drugs posted from other countries yo yhe UK.

Yep new customer was having cannabis delivered.
Just be mindful it could be drugs or stolen card details. It may be a honest mistake

Money laundering?

Paying with one card getting a refund on a different card?

Scammers are very clever.

Of course its dodgy. I would not be handling those parcels at all. You have no idea what is in them and if something illegal. Do not take them. Put a sign in your door.

If she’s seen your notes from the road / pavement, could she also see a parcel if it was left outside? I wonder if she is passing by hoping to spot the parcel on the doorstep, in order to grab it without you ever being aware? It would explain why she has collected only when there has been a note.