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 ...

Scam postcards are being delivered through people’s doors by fraudsters, which feature a QR code which should not be scanned. The scammers are pretending to offer free products from Amazon.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever received parcels you didn't order? (Matt Molloy via Getty Images) An unexpected parcel arrives at your door. You ...

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 ...

If you started seeing these packages appearing outside, how could you clear up this strange shipment snafu?

People are often getting packages on their porch, ordering from Amazon and other online companies. Be careful if a package shows up with something you didn't order. Most of us know what's in the box ...