Author Topic: So where's the scam? (Read 2256 times)

T42 · « **on:** 07 October, 2020, 01:15:55 pm »

Today MrsT received an Amazon parcel she hadn't ordered, containing a purple dildo and a USB cable. The formulation of her name on the label was one she never uses: first name full-length whereas her friends use the short form and for her own orders she uses Mrs.

We're left wondering where the scam is and what to do next, if anything.

I seem to recall some discussion of unsolicited Amazon stuff in here a while back...

ElyDave · « **Reply #1 on:** 07 October, 2020, 01:23:27 pm »

AIUI you make unsolicited reviews and big-up a product.

Or could it be a cash-for returns scam?

Greenbank · « **Reply #2 on:** 07 October, 2020, 01:27:37 pm »

This thread? https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=115049.0

Which mentions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brushing_(e-commerce)

T42 · « **Reply #3 on:** 07 October, 2020, 01:53:22 pm »

Quote from: Greenbank on 07 October, 2020, 01:27:37 pm

This thread? https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=115049.0

Which mentions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brushing_(e-commerce)

Sounds like that, thanks. I'll forward the link to MrsT.

ian · « **Reply #4 on:** 07 October, 2020, 03:03:25 pm »

Wrap 'em up and you've got Christmas sorted.

L CC · « **Reply #5 on:** 07 October, 2020, 03:53:20 pm »

How come I never get these sorts of scams? I could really use
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a USB cable.

ian · « **Reply #6 on:** 07 October, 2020, 04:20:37 pm »

I have a drawer full of USB cables.

I can never find the right dildo though.

Lightning Phil · « **Reply #7 on:** 07 October, 2020, 04:38:32 pm »

Does the dildo have a built in camera and connect to the Internet to send its footage to its overlords?

ian · « **Reply #8 on:** 07 October, 2020, 05:21:13 pm »

>Look around
You are in a dark, dark place.

Diver300 · « **Reply #9 on:** 07 October, 2020, 07:25:39 pm »

Quote from: Lightning Phil on 07 October, 2020, 04:38:32 pm

Does the dildo have a built in camera and connect to the Internet to send its footage to its overlords?

That made me think of:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wpOeLkWrlw&feature=emb_logo

Socks · « **Reply #10 on:** 07 October, 2020, 07:52:33 pm »

Isn't Baroness Dildo Harding in charge of our world beating Track and Trace system?

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #11 on:** 07 October, 2020, 08:37:25 pm »

Quote from: Socks on 07 October, 2020, 07:52:33 pm

Isn't Baroness Dildo Harding in charge of our world beating Track and Trace system?

You mean we are being shafted by it and it's not up to the job.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #12 on:** 07 October, 2020, 08:39:27 pm »

Maybe she's another of Boris' horsey-female-Tory conquests.

"Call me Aeneas! Call me Aeneas! Oops, I appear to have spaffed my budget all over your offshore assets."

Pingu · « **Reply #13 on:** 07 October, 2020, 08:55:08 pm »

Quote from: ian on 07 October, 2020, 05:21:13 pm

>Look around
You are in a dark, dark place.

YOU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE

Feanor · « **Reply #14 on:** 07 October, 2020, 09:01:09 pm »

Quote from: Pingu on 07 October, 2020, 08:55:08 pm

Quote from: ian on 07 October, 2020, 05:21:13 pm
>Look around
You are in a dark, dark place.

YOU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE

It is pitch dark; you are likely to be eaten by a Grue.

ian · « **Reply #15 on:** 08 October, 2020, 09:44:52 am »

I'd be worried if you found a grue up there. Or a hoard of gold coins.

Greenbank · « **Reply #16 on:** 08 October, 2020, 10:07:15 am »

Reminds me of John Robertson's "The Dark Room" that he does an hour long live comedy skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpAiW6uy_iY

citoyen · « **Reply #17 on:** 08 October, 2020, 07:21:53 pm »

The nature of the package contents makes me wonder if it’s just a prank by a very bored person with more money than sense.

Back in the day, my chums and I used to take childish delight in signing up random people from the phone book to those introductory offers for book clubs that used to be advertised in newspapers and magazines. There was no financial commitment involved - you’d get three books sent on trial and either return them or pay for them. Or neither. The humour value was in selecting the ‘adult’ titles.

This also reminds me of the story I saw via APILN about a man receiving unsolicited rubber ducks in the post, also from amazon. Will post a link later if I can find it...

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #18 on:** 08 October, 2020, 08:39:01 pm »

My grate frend Mr Woolrich has had a few of these and reckons it’s sellers who can’t shift their tat and balk at paying the Mega-Global Big River Corporation of Seattle, USAnia to warehouse them.

citoyen · « **Reply #19 on:** 08 October, 2020, 09:21:32 pm »

Found the rubber ducks story:
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18602116.amazon-still-sending-mysterious-rubber-ducks-man/

I expect he's glad it's rubber ducks rather than purple dildos.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #20 on:** 09 October, 2020, 12:17:17 am »

Quote from: citoyen on 08 October, 2020, 09:21:32 pm

Found the rubber ducks story:
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18602116.amazon-still-sending-mysterious-rubber-ducks-man/

I expect he's glad it's rubber ducks rather than purple dildos.

Pretty poor compo face though.

Greenbank · « **Reply #21 on:** 09 October, 2020, 10:42:28 am »

Purple dildos have their place in history though:-

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/27/sky-spare-reporters-sex-toy-humiliation-deadline-day

T42 · « **Reply #22 on:** 09 October, 2020, 02:03:58 pm »

Just wondering if the mods should merge this thread with "Confessions of a Tool Junkie" or into the "Last Film You Watched" thread under Free Willy.

ian · « **Reply #23 on:** 09 October, 2020, 05:15:26 pm »

I suppose the question for a Friday afternoon is why are so many dildos purple?

phantasmagoriana · « **Reply #24 on:** 09 October, 2020, 05:24:32 pm »

But was the USB cable also purple?