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Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

monkeypagoda — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:54:50 GMT

A month ago I received a parcel from China containing a pr of fake Gucci women's sunglasses & today two more parcels from the same "company" containing identical fake Gucci ties. Ebay said they no seller by that name.Nor was a payment made to them in my Paypal account. I am very worried and confused that they have my name,address including my telephone number. Has anyone shared my experience or can offer any advice on the matter? Many thanks.

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

kangarooislandleathercraft — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 05:18:32 GMT

Why do you believe this is an ebay seller?

Is there any identification indicating this?

It is illegal in Australia to send unsolicited goods and then charge for them. In any case no charge appears to have been made as yet. If there is a company address in China I would simply advise in writing that they have forwarded mail to you in error and return postage would have to be paid by them to reclaim the property.

Give them a deadline of a month and say that the unsolicited goods will be discarded if the matter is not resolved by then.

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

monkeypagoda — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:48:34 GMT

Thank you for your imput. Reason for my earlier assumption that the sender was an ebay seller was because I had bought from China a few times.Always paid by Paypal though.I have since learned that my visa card was used last month for a total of $320 by the company that has sent me the goods.I have informed the bank & cancelled my card.

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

suitcase_of_memories — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:36:54 GMT

Gotta love the security paypal offers sellers can access a buyers credit card number & start selling them items they didn't order or even know about !!!

Has paypal explained to you how this seller was able to access your credit card details to make charges against it ????????

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

phorum_junkie* — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:22:32 GMT

Gotta love the security paypal offers sellers can access a buyers credit card number & start selling them items they didn't order or even know about !!!

What absolute rubbish. The only way anyone can get hold of your credit card number through Paypal is if you allow your account to be hacked by clicking on a link in a phishing email or you download a keystroke logger because you have inadequate security.

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

ausfast — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:21:41 GMT

Today I received a fake D&G small bag. Came from Hong Kong but there was no return address.

Never ordered anything like it, I take it one of my other orders has been mixed up with someone elses. A nice freebie haha.

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

davewil1964 — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:49:58 GMT

Stiff for the real buyer. ha ha.

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

monkeypagoda — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:33:26 GMT

I advise that you get a bank statement immediately. That was exactly what happened to me and I discovered that my Visa card was compromised. It will happen again unless you cancel the card. These Chinese sellers send you fake designer goods paying themselves with your stolen card details. Its a pretty common scam.

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

newstart2380 — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 08:20:57 GMT

A month ago I received a parcel from China containing a pr of fake Gucci women's sunglasses & today two more parcels from the same "company" containing identical fake Gucci ties. Ebay said they no seller by that name.Nor was a payment made to them in my Paypal account. I am very worried and confused that they have my name,address including my telephone number. Has anyone shared my experience or can offer any advice on the matter? Many thanks.

No but put them, on ebay for sale, 100% profit for you Yeh

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

davewil1964 — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:07:48 GMT

So you advocate selling fakes? Do you, yourself, sell fakes?

Or do you sell genuine brands for 10% of their value?

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

u992491 — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:53:44 GMT

This just happened to me... in January 2020!!!

I received what I assume to be fake Gucci sunglasses. I didn't order it; I wear prescription lenses.

It's from China. There's no trace tht I made a payment; i even checked my bank statement.

Likewise, it's got my fullname, address and phone number.

I've been ordering a lot of random little things from eBay; nothing from Amazon.

Don't know what's happening; feels scammy. I don't like my phone number on my parcels

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

davewil1964 — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:59:38 GMT

I don't understand why you had to drag up an EIGHT year old thread.

If it has your name, address and phone number, then you either bought something from the seller or your account has been hacked. The latter is unlikely as a hacker would change the address to one they had access to.

If you don't want your phone number on parcels, don't buy through eBay (or most other online sites). Sellers have access to that information once a sale is made.

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

springyzone — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 21:18:21 GMT

That really is odd. Especially since it seems to be the exact same sort of item.

It does sound sort of scammy but I am trying to work out how. Good idea to keep a check on your bank and paypal accounts though, for sure.

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

jool_8189 — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:21:25 GMT

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

jool_8189 — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:23:51 GMT

Today i received a Hermes scarf never ordered or been charged. Very creepy they had my details address phone .. not sure what to do with the scarf?
I did report to scamwatch

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

davewil1964 — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:34:58 GMT

Keep it?

Especially if you didn't buy it and it is authentic.

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

tazzieterror — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:02:51 GMT

Take it to a sewing shop and have it turned into several fancy covid masks.

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

*tippy*toes* — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:07:10 GMT

Wish someone would send me a scarf. It's snowing here at the moment and I need one.

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

davewil1964 — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:35:53 GMT

Use a mask, They are general purpose and you should have access.

Re: Receiving items from China I never bought or bidded for

*tippy*toes* — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:38:02 GMT

Been on hols for the last almost 3 weeks, so no access ( plus they are kept under lock and key at the moment ). They won't keep my neck warm though!