Got a package you didn’t order? It could be a scam [East Bay Times]
Jan. 24 By Nathaniel Meyersohn and Zach Wasser CNN Business
Most people who buy things online just have to worry about their deliveries being delayed or never arriving. But some people are dealing with a different problem altogether: getting weird stuff like hair clippers, face creams and sunglasses they never even ordered at all.
The Federal Trade Commission and cyber experts have been warning consumers about these deliveries, which can be part of something known as “brushing” scams.
Here’s how these scams work: Third-party sellers on Amazon, eBay and other online marketplaces pay people to write fake, positive reviews about their products, or do it themselves. To be able to post the reviews, these so-called “brushers” need to trick the site into making it appear that a legitimate transaction took place. So they’ll use a fake account to place gift orders and address them to a random person whose
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested the judicial approval of three agreements reached with ticket scalpers concerning their orchestration of an online scheme that earned the New York men and their companies millions in allegedly ill-gotten proceeds. The FTC’s legal action against Cartisim Corp. and Simon Ebrani, Just In Time Tickets, Inc. and Evan Kohanian, and Concert Specials, Inc. and Steven Ebrani began with complaints filed earlier this month alleging that the defendants illegally purchased more than 150,000 tickets to concert and sporting events and resold them at a higher price, violating of the 2016-enacted Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act.
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Pooper scoopers, power cords and fake fish: People are receiving bizarre packages they didn't order. It's part of what's known as a "brushing scam" a scheme that helps boost a vendors' ratings online. Here's how it works.