{"id":26139,"date":"2023-09-16T14:51:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T14:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harvestmoonnews.com\/?p=26139"},"modified":"2023-09-16T14:51:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T14:51:12","slug":"woman-charged-300-by-amazon-for-over-1000-condoms-that-she-didnt-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harvestmoonnews.com\/world-news\/woman-charged-300-by-amazon-for-over-1000-condoms-that-she-didnt-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman charged \u00a3300 by Amazon for over 1,000 condoms that she didnt order"},"content":{"rendered":"
A woman is gobsmacked after she was charged almost \u00a3300 for a massive box of over 1,000 condoms that she claims she didn't order.<\/p>\n
Joelle Angleheart, from Ontario, Canada, said she received an email from Amazon about a huge shipment of condoms but she assumed it was fake because she and her husband hadn't ordered any.<\/p>\n
Joelle said the box, packed full of smaller boxes, arrived while her husband was in the hospital recovering from an illness.<\/p>\n
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"We automatically assumed the email was a scam because it was not something we would purchase," Angleheart told CTV News.<\/p>\n
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"We received this box that contained 30 boxes of condoms that had 34 in each package, and we had no idea why they were sent to us," she said. <\/p>\n
"We really can't understand what took place and why we received the package at our house."<\/p>\n
She added that she was even more confused to discover her credit card had been charged $495 (the equivalent of around \u00a3300) for the order.<\/p>\n
Experts believe the strange package might be a result of a scam called "brushing". Brushing scams occur when bad actors, a fraud perpetrator or cybersecurity adversary, send packages to publicly available names and addresses.<\/p>\n
UPI reported that in this instance the delivery might have been sent so the seller can artificially inflate their number of positive reviews.<\/p>\n
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It has also been reported that sellers engage in this practice in a bid to remove unsold merchandise from Amazon fulfillment centers.<\/p>\n
Claudiu Popa, CEO of Datarisk Canada, said Angleheart's situation might have resulted from her account being hacked.<\/p>\n
She believes this because Angleheart was actually charged for the package.<\/p>\n
Angleheart said Amazon initially refused to refund her due to the condoms being labelled as an unreturnable item.<\/p>\n
However, an Amazon representative said a credit has been given to the customer's card.<\/p>\n
"As we continue to investigate this matter, Amazon secured the customer's account and their money has been returned," the representative said.<\/p>\n
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