If you've ever received a package you didn't order from a shopping platform like Amazon, and nobody owns up to having sent it, you might have been caught up in a 'brushing' scam. Sure, receiving ...

Excited to discover a surprise package at your door? It could be a brushing scam. Here are expert tips to protect yourself ...

With inflation pushing more consumers toward online deals, experts warn of rising scams on Amazon involving hijacked product listings and brushing schemes. Fraudsters use unrelated or fake reviews to ...

You go to collect the mail, and among the bills and flyers sits a small package. It has your name and address on it. You didn’t order anything, but open it anyway. Maybe it’s a gift from one of your ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — What would you think if dozens of Amazon packages you didn’t order showed up on your doorstep -- addressed to you? It might sound like Christmas came early, but the Better Business ...

Scammers are sending "gifts" to people for the holidays. Karen Baumann opened her front door the other day and wondered who had sent her a present. It was an Amazon Prime mailer with a fancy ink pen ...

Amazon is the the most efficient, popular online retailer. So maybe it shouldn’t be surprising that it’s a gold mine for scammers. These individuals, bless their blackened hearts, are adept at ...

People are often getting packages on their porch, ordering from Amazon and other online companies. Be careful if a package shows up with something you didn't order. Most of us know what's in the box ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) – Lisa Groome of Powell, ...

A scam that starts online has people receiving packages on their doorsteps that they never ordered. >> I-Team: Scammers sending packages to wrong people It’s called the “brushing” scam. Experts say it ...

A similar scam that targeted Idaho residents through their mail boxes during the early days of the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak has ...

Free boxes of merchandise from Amazon or other companies are coming right to consumers’ doorsteps. The Better Business Bureau warns consumers that a recent scam has a scary downside. You are not the ...