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

[Jennajenjen]

And they are getting bigger and bigger,

every week for 4 months now

first time I thought it was mistake, put up a note on building door saying “KATE J, come to flat 1 get parcel”

this lady showed up, apologised

second time it happened, I put up a sign again, she apologised and put a 10 pound note in my hand, said this is for bothering you, I insist! and walked off

third time it happened, I put up note again. this woman never showed up, I returned parcel to post office

since then I’ve been getting her parcels like ever week and they are getting bigger and bigger.

this has been going on for 4 months now

I keep refusing to take them (sometimes they just leave on my doorstep and i take them to post office to return) but I am wondering what is this?

I had something similar happen to me - lots of parcels addressed to someone else with my street address.

It turned out to be someone running a dodgy business selling broken/worthless stuff and giving my address as the return address. (Can't remember how I found out - I think I looked them up on fb).

You can tell the Post Office not to deliver parcels for xxx name to your address. That's what I did.

Take a screen shot of that Facebook page with her photo, just in case it disappears and report it to the police. This sounds like someone is using your address.

I havent RTFT so apologies but this sort of thing was on Radio 4 a few weeks ago where a random address was used as a return address for loads of children's lunchboxes sent out by Amazon 3rd party seller. The reason was that the cost for the seller of returning them to China was too much. Spose the same would apply to any non Amazon seller.

They are not from amazon

and I looked out my window when she left.

she opened and looked at it like it was first time seeing it, tried it on etc

They are not from Amazon

also I saw this lady from window and looking at it for a while, so she seemed like she was opening first time

It would apply to any seller who buys their product from China or anywhere expensive to ship returns back to.

I saw her from my window when she left, twice, she opened and looked at the stuff for a while, it was like she opened for first time

she was trying it on and stuff

A friend had credit cards taken out in her name (fraud) after some post was stolen. About 10. The thieves sent these goods to an address in a city far away, where they were presumably collected by the thieves. They were high value items.
How many of us would just give a home owner £10 for having a parcel sent there incorrectly, These are high value items.

1. contact the police - and ask for advice
2. check your credit cards etc
3. do not accept any other money
4. the fastest way to stop this is when she turns up - do not give any packages and say 'oh the police were looking for you.'
5. take action as you don;t want to be seen as 'in on it'

She was trying it on in the street....???

I thought this too but when I looked out my window she seamed excited to open it. She opened it outside my house, tried it on, stared at it for a while

this is definitely not refunds/stuff from china or for reviews

i looked out my window when she left

this woman opened it in the street, stared at it for while, tried it on and seemed very excited to get it

so it was like she was opening for first time and didn’t expect what’s in there

Yes

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.

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.

Hope you don’t get burgled for the 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.

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!

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

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.

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’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'm slightly puzzled:

Parcels are addressed to Kate J

The Italian alphabet contains 21 letters—A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, Z—omitting J, K, W, X, and Y. It is a highly phonetic language where most letters have a consistent sound. The five excluded letters are used only for foreign loanwords, technical terms, or specific regional names

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.

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we/people in my house are always ordering stuff online. So we are always expecting packages

the first time I took it in, then someone (dh, ds, dd) took the other two. Without looking at names/thinking it’s something we ordered.

the rest of packages are now either refused or delivery men keep leaving them on my doorstep.