Fraud?

[Percy Veer]

I've had one or two deliveries/pick-ups per week to my farm address for the last 3 weeks. The problem is it's nothing to do with me. The goods appear to be car parts.
Today I had another van arrive to pick up a package. The driver gave me the contact phone number, so I rang it. The chap didn't want to give his name but was all the time trying to find out what my name was. He was left in no doubt what I thought of him and I said next time I'd take delivery of the package.
He said it was all a mistake. But who make's a mistake with their address multiple times?!

Apart from running up a lot of debt to my address what else can this firm be up to?

 

[Goweresque]

Is there another house/business premises nearby that could have mixed up postcodes/made a typo when ordering online? Who were the parcels addressed to, you/your business name, or some random person/business?

 

[DrWazzock]

I’ve had stuff delivered here addressed to my business that clearly wasn’t intended for my business, ( bulk supplies of cosmetics) . Took them round to the neighbouring industrial estate. They’d clicked on the wrong name and address on our common post code.

 

[steveR]

I’ve had stuff delivered here addressed to my business that clearly wasn’t intended for my business, ( bulk supplies of cosmetics) . Took them round to the neighbouring industrial estate. They’d clicked on the wrong name and address on our common post code.

Seeing that increasingly.

 

[borderterribles]

I don't know if there is something illegal happening in the OP,or not, but I do think that sat navs have completely altered parcel deliveries. For a start, they enable total idiots to be employed as drivers . At our old place, the neighbours ( who shared the same postcode) used to operate an "under the radar " car repairs business,so no visible signage and would have car parts delivered daily. I once had the same driver in our yard with the neighbour's delivery, three days consecutively, as ours was the central property of three with the same postcode. I could have understood it if he was from a general parcel delivery firm, but he was working exclusively for the car parts company!

 

[quattro]

Can’t understand why wot 3 words aren’t used for delivering things

 

[Highland Mule]

Can’t understand why wot 3 words aren’t used for delivering things

Because nobody can spell any more, people have poor diction and a small mistake can take you to the other side of the world.

 

[DrWazzock]

If it’s happened over three weeks it could just be down to lead times on certain parts. Might have all been ordered at same time with wrong address then arrived in drubs and drabs.
I wouldn’t give out any of my personal details though in subsequent enquires, especially not my name, mobile phone number etc.

 

[quattro]

Because nobody can spell any more, people have poor diction and a small mistake can take you to the other side of the world.

If you were given address and wot 3 words should b ok
or you shouldn’t b driving

 

[Highland Mule]

If you were given address and wot 3 words should b ok
or you shouldn’t b driving

If you have the address you don’t need W3W.

 

[Grassman]

Can’t understand why wot 3 words aren’t used for delivering things

It's good but can easily go wrong by a slight misspelling.
You only have to look on here at some of the spelling
Also phones try to correct spelling which is good but also bad at times.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

No seed by any chance , DHL have lost two bags

 

[wanton dwarf]

Amazon delivery scam: watch out for parcels you did not order

The Amazon delivery scam is aimed at manipulating the reviews on Amazon.

www.lovemoney.com

We all love to get something for free.


Whether it’s a buy one get one free offer at the supermarket, or a free coffee at Costa from collecting stamps from previous orders, there’s something very satisfying about making use of an item you didn’t actually have to pay for.


But if you open your front door to find a new parcel containing luxury goods that you don’t recall ordering, you should be on your guard as the police have issued a warning that you may be being used as part of a scam.

Fake reviews​

Surrey Police has posted on Facebook about a ‘brushing’ scam which it believes is taking place.

 

[Courier]

If you have the address you don’t need W3W.

There is a village in Yorkshire which is over 2 miles long without house numbers and the 100+ houses share a single postcode and some of the house names are only visible after walking 50 yards down the individual drives.
W3W can be invaluable under those circumstances, but as with many thing it’s not brain surgery, it just needs to be right.

 

[Courier]

No seed by any chance , DHL have lost two bags

We send 1000’s of 25 kg sacks of manipulated food starch via DHL and they have never lost one yet, but we do send them in bespoke cardboard boxes with both the printed barcode labels AND separately the consignment numbers written in heavy permanent marker.
Un-boxed sacks are liable to get caught up in modern automated sortation systems and lose tied on labels 🏷.

 

[betternextyear]

My cousin recieved those amazon scam parcels. He got sent expensive audio equipment. Some of it he gave to me. I am more than happy to take them. Amazon are not interested. Its bizare

 

[Exfarmer]

I recently ordered from an internet office supplies co. Could not remember having dealt with them before so went through the usual process of filling name address email then credit card.
No issues then get email to say delivery would be to my old address where I have not lived for 15 years.
Luckily it did not go to my spam folder.
Tuns out I last dealt with them 20 years ago. Luckily i was able to divert the package before it got in the post

 

[MrNoo]

If you have the address you don’t need W3W.

Comedian!!!
We get deliveries for Preston (Lancashire) and we are in a small village Preston (Gloucestershire)
You wouldn’t believe it, even the delivery driver can’t until you show him on a road map!
It is better now but used to happen one or two times a year!

 

[Courier]

Have had folk ring trying to find us in WF9 *** - turns out there have been Chinese whispers somewhere along the line and they are in WS9 *** some 110 miles away

 

[Daddy Pig]

If you have the address you don’t need W3W.

trouble is so many places don't have farm/property names at the end of driveways, not sure why as it could easily cost someone their life one day when the emergency services cant find them.