Amazon Involved in New Package Delivery Scam

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WHNT 19 News - 2/17/2018 - Elizabeth Garcia and Julia Cherry - Consumers are reporting receiving Amazon packages that they did not order. This new scam is referred to as “brushing” – overseas sellers purchase their own goods through fake buyer accounts and have them shipped to real U.S. addresses. The end goal is for the seller to be able to pose as a verified purchaser and write a glowing review of their own product. By finding a backdoor to the reviews system, it pushes their products and seller profile higher in Amazon search results. Read more @ http://whnt.com/2018/02/17/amazon-invol ... very-scam/