I had just sat down to the computer, with my first cup of coffee, when I noticed that my credit card had texted me about a $38 charge from Amazon. Checking Amazon on the computer, it reported that not one, but six items had been delivered and were sitting on the front porch. Checking out front, I found a pile of boxes sitting there. I hauled them in and then went back to the computer. My Amazon orders showed two new orders, $54.86 and $141.41.

These orders included the following items: a Dyson replacement battery, wrist blood pressure monitor, outdoor projector screen, 16-drawer acrylic organizer and nail polish and ear wax removing kits. None of these things had I ordered. I hadn’t even looked at any of them online. All of this stuff was paid for with a gift card, except for the $38 charged to my card. I printed shipping labels where allowed. Most items only allowed me to print a QR code coupon. I then trundled up to the local UPS store with all of the packages. 

I expect to get my $38 refunded. Plus, I should get the $158.27 balance credited to my Amazon account, where it will eventually get spent, but for the life of me I cannot see how this scam makes any economic sense. Googling “unordered Amazon packages” and I got “brushing”, a fraud scheme where third-party e-commerce sellers send unsolicited, low-cost packages to people to generate fake positive reviews and boost seller ratings. I could understand how such a scheme could work if they were preying upon internet influencers like Kylie Jenner or the like, but I am a nobody. Who cares what I think about nail polish kits? Anyway, I changed my Amazon password and ordered all sessions logged out. And to think when I got up, I was wondering what I could blog about today.