More scam advice please
Discussion
Asking for a friend (honest).
Over the last couple of months she has received four small parcels in the post at her home address. Various names and from different parts of the country.. Inside each is folded up cardboard. She has found the word 'marketplace' on one of them. She is very concerned. She does not use ebay.
What is the scam likely to be ?
Over the last couple of months she has received four small parcels in the post at her home address. Various names and from different parts of the country.. Inside each is folded up cardboard. She has found the word 'marketplace' on one of them. She is very concerned. She does not use ebay.
What is the scam likely to be ?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display....
"Brushing Scams: Unsolicited or cheap mystery parcels arrive at your house with your name and address. Scammers use your data (often from a breach) to make fake verified purchases and leave glowing 5-star product reviews in your name."
"Brushing Scams: Unsolicited or cheap mystery parcels arrive at your house with your name and address. Scammers use your data (often from a breach) to make fake verified purchases and leave glowing 5-star product reviews in your name."
MattsCar said:
I'd guess this is the one where they send out an "item", have proof it was delivered, so that they can then create a fake review on Amazon.
How do they do the fake reviews? Would they have the OP's friend's account or would they just set up a fake account using that address?Create an account in the address of someone with a UK address which is on a list that they buy for a few quid I would assume.
They probably have no real peraonal details, but once it shows as delivered, the online market place shows it as a verified purchase and a review can be left ..which will obviously be overwhelmingly positive.
On certain marketplaces, a crap product with 20x 5 star reviews will sell 100x more than a semi decent product with a 3.9 star reviews score which is genuine.
They probably have no real peraonal details, but once it shows as delivered, the online market place shows it as a verified purchase and a review can be left ..which will obviously be overwhelmingly positive.
On certain marketplaces, a crap product with 20x 5 star reviews will sell 100x more than a semi decent product with a 3.9 star reviews score which is genuine.
Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff