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Amazon scam?

16 replies

Theremustbemoretome · 01/12/2021 22:46

I have an Amazon wish list on behalf of DC (requested by DH’s friends) for a few years. There is only 4 people who are aware of it and use it.

We have received 4 items from it in one box totalling £47 and the slip inside says it’s is from a name that we don’t recognise. We’ve asked these 4 people if they know anything about it, such as having shared the list with other friends and family, but no one knows anything.

The other odd thing is that the wish list is under my name but the parcel was sent to DH, and using his nickname/surname which not everyone knows him by. No one is the type to spend that much anyway nor put a fake name for a laugh either.

Any ideas what’s happened other than somehow it’s a scam?? We have no one to thank for the items and there would be no point ringing Amazon as they won’t divulge details of the sender ie their location or address etc.

I know this doesn’t fit the profile of the well-known Amazon scam.

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SoniaFouler · 01/12/2021 23:35

How can it be a scam if a specific nickname/surname was used? Pretty rubbish scam too, buying presents for people and not expecting anything back. It’s from someone you know who wants to remain anonymous. That’s what can happen with a wish list. Enjoy the items!

Sn0tnose · 02/12/2021 06:56

Have you got it set to public or private? If it’s public then I believe anyone can search for it (happy to be corrected though). If it’s set to private, then I’m stumped.

MrsJackWhicher · 02/12/2021 06:59

It is so that they can post fake reviews as a ‘verified purchase’.

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Wedowonder · 02/12/2021 07:14

@MrsJackWhicher

It is so that they can post fake reviews as a ‘verified purchase’.
How so? Are sellers only allowed to post reviews/reply to reviews if they have sold a certain amount of items?
ShoesEverywhere · 02/12/2021 07:50

I think the most obvious thing is a man called e.g John Smith had told his friends to buy things from his wishlist with his email address [email protected].

Someone has typed in e.g [email protected], found your husband's wishlist and went ahead and purchased.

You could try calling Amazon and letting them know if you can return it let the sender know somehow but I don't know if you'll have much luck ...

AgentProvocateur · 02/12/2021 07:56

What do you think the scam is? Someone sends you stuff from Amazon, to the correct name and address, and doesn’t ask you for money. Pretty poor scam.

girlmom21 · 02/12/2021 08:09

Sounds like someone just wanted to send a gift. I don't understand what the scam could be.

BleuJay · 02/12/2021 08:53

Report it

Amazon scam?
SamhainToImbolc · 02/12/2021 09:40

We had a random item turn up from Amazon recently that we didn't order. But the odd thing was that whoever sent it used the order/delivery number we had been given for a book we had actually pre-ordered and which cost more than the cheap item sent in its place. Amazon had delivery of the correct item recorded on their system and it took two lengthy phone calls to explain what had happened. Their call centre concluded it was brushing which had hijacked a genuine order (rather than a simple error sending wrong item) and advised us to throw the item away & not bother returning it and they resent the correct order. Hard work getting it resolved but their call centre was really helpful.

CharlotteMaytimes · 02/12/2021 11:28

The scam is where you’re sent something you didn’t order that’s totally random - a back scrubber, a rubber head massager, a plastic toy. If it’s several specific items from a wishlist, addressed specifically to your DH, there will be a far more prosaic explanation, I promise. Give it until after Christmas, and someone will say, “Oh, did you ever get that parcel?” Amazon hasn’t always labelled gifts from our wishlists with the givers’ names.

Isbdm · 02/12/2021 11:54

Probably your wishlist isn't private

Isbdm · 02/12/2021 11:54

Get someone who has no access to the gift list to google:

"amazon wishlist [name you put on it]"

SoniaFouler · 02/12/2021 12:01

@BleuJay
@CharlotteMaytimes

The difference is that the OP did want these items, they were not totally random, they were items taken from her wishlist that she picked out. Not only that, but the note that came with it alluded to a family nickname/surname that only a few people know. This isn’t brushing, this is someone doing something nice and wants to remain anonymous.

iamtheoneandonlyyy · 02/12/2021 12:08

This reminds me of Christmas when I was younger. I'd wake up and someone would have wrapped a load of toys from a private letter I'd written to Father Christmas and put them under the tree

Bionicname · 02/12/2021 12:13

Maybe your DH has done someone a favour and didn’t want to accept money for it, and that person has found the wish list as a nice way to “pay” him back?

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