Have you ever had a package delivered from Amazon that you didn’t order? Although delivery errors do happen, sometimes they can indicate more serious causes.
Boosting a seller’s rating with fake orders online is known in technical terms as a brushing scam. In which the customer gets everything from clothes to electronics and even empty packets delivered without ordering.
The hacker creates a tracking number for the order in the Amazon customer’s account and marks the package as delivered. Hacker can even give 5 stars on the platform to increase the delivery rating. By sending packages to wrong addresses through hacking, fake online stores can also be identified as authentic stores.
First of all, if you receive an item that you did not order, immediately report the wrong package on Amazon’s Report Unwanted Package form and you must have the package.
While it’s not necessary for a hacker to gain access to your account to send you fake packages, when they do, they can cause problems for others using your account.
To check that your account has not been hacked, follow the precautions below.
1) Check your Amazon Orders option periodically:
- Open your account option on Amazon and go to your orders. Look for any suspicious or unexpected orders. If you have shared your account with others, verify their orders as well.
- If no order has been placed from your account that you are not aware of, go back to your account and select the Saved Orders option there. If you see something there that you didn’t buy, that’s a red flag.
2) Comments made by you on Amazon’s platform that you did not:
Someone who hacks your account can post Amazon platform comments using your name.
- Open your account page and go to your Amazon profile in Order & Purchase Preferences. When you scroll down, you’ll see your comments there. Check there that there is no such comment that is in your name but you did not make it.
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