Re:The 'brushing' scam that's behind mystery parcels
by dheera on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @10:28PM
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> It would've worked too
I'm not fully following -- how would it have worked? The scammers sent you something, and then issued a FedEx label to pick it back up.
It wasn't your credit card anyway, so ultimately it didn't involve you other than that someone misused your name.
That someone else would have to create a case with their credit card company (and probably win), and you wouldn't be at risk of losing any money either way.
In any case though, if you received something out of the blue, you could probably just be silent, hold onto the item, not answer any e-mails or calls, and even in that case, hang up and call back the law enforcement to make sure you actually are talking to law enforcement.
(I block unscheduled calls anyway, and throw away all unsolicited mail unopened, so they wouldn't reach me anyway.)
That way, either the scammers themselves lose $ (you win and get to keep the item) or the scammers have to call law enforcement (in which case you're innocent and maybe just have to return the item, but the scammers have now exposed themselves to the law).
I'm not fully following -- how would it have worked? The scammers sent you something, and then issued a FedEx label to pick it back up.
It wasn't your credit card anyway, so ultimately it didn't involve you other than that someone misused your name.
That someone else would have to create a case with their credit card company (and probably win), and you wouldn't be at risk of losing any money either way.
In any case though, if you received something out of the blue, you could probably just be silent, hold onto the item, not answer any e-mails or calls, and even in that case, hang up and call back the law enforcement to make sure you actually are talking to law enforcement.
(I block unscheduled calls anyway, and throw away all unsolicited mail unopened, so they wouldn't reach me anyway.)
That way, either the scammers themselves lose $ (you win and get to keep the item) or the scammers have to call law enforcement (in which case you're innocent and maybe just have to return the item, but the scammers have now exposed themselves to the law).