What Is a Brushing Scam and How Does It Work?

 

What Is a Brushing Scam and How Does It Work?

Don’t celebrate the arrival of that unexpected Amazon delivery

The scam starts with a delivery that you haven’t ordered or paid for. The goods are coming from an ecommerce platform (in most cases, Amazon) and are often brand new and in their original packaging. There could be a wide variety of items, but the package is always addressed directly to you. The Federal Trade Commission has said that you have every right to keep whatever is in the box, and you don’t need to pay for it, which is why we said at the beginning of this article that this is one of the few scams that doesn’t necessarily leave you empty-handed. A scam is a scam, though, and you need to know how it works, why you might be targeted, and what you can do if you fall victim to it.



What Is a Brushing Scam and How Does It Work?

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