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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) – Lisa Groome of Powell, Ohio was puzzled when she found a package in her mailbox this week that she did not recognize. Groome didn’t receive seeds, but authorities say her ...

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 ...

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 ...

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office is warning the community about a new and sophisticated scam known as a “brushing scam”. A brushing scam occurs when fraudsters send ...

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 ...