Am I being scammed?

[K87]

I bought a £7 item from Amazon, seller is in China. He used a tracking site called UBI which said that the item was delivered by Royal Mail on July 3rd, nothing arrived. On July 5 an item that I didn't order arrived, a peculiar item it was for making false eyelashes, I found this item on the sellers Amazon site, £6 in value.

I feel that this may be a scam because he sent an item that was not ordered but I am not experienced in this sort of stuff, it may be related to how he is paid by Amazon.

Does anyone have any ideas please as to what might be going on?

I have asked the seller and also Amazon for a refund, in very broken English the seller is telling me to be patient.

[Riley Blue]

Could be a simple error or perhaps a brushing scam - I once ordered a handbag for my O/H (not from Amazon) and she received a pair of Rayban Wayfarers, probably counterfeit but very convincing if they were.

Amazon info here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.ht...

[Professor Barney]

Had this once before - ordered some shoes via a Facebook ad (yes, I know!) and of course they didn't turn up. What did turn up was a package with fake sunglasses in, the same as the previous poster.

The proof of delivery for the fake is then used by the seller to 'prove' to Facebook / Amazon / eBay that they had indeed delivered the goods and the sites take their side.

I even tried to claim back the money via my banks fraud department, but again was told that as proof-of-delivery had been received there was nothing they can do.

Anyway, lesson learned. Wil never buy anything from a Facebook ad (or non-local marketplace) ever again.

[K87]

Professor Barney said:

Had this once before - ordered some shoes via a Facebook ad (yes, I know!) and of course they didn't turn up. What did turn up was a package with fake sunglasses in, the same as the previous poster.

The proof of delivery for the fake is then used by the seller to 'prove' to Facebook / Amazon / eBay that they had indeed delivered the goods and the sites take their side.

I even tried to claim back the money via my banks fraud department, but again was told that as proof-of-delivery had been received there was nothing they can do.

Anyway, lesson learned. Wil never buy anything from a Facebook ad (or non-local marketplace) ever again.

Thank you.

As you suggest, a second item is sent to prove delivery, I am trying to get my money back from Amazon, the amount of money at £7 does not really matter, it is the fact that I am being tricked.