Thanks 3katz, that's happened to me, also but...no, in this instance it was for a specialty store and for 1500 dollars. My husband did call to tell them we didn't order anything which is when we were told the shipping address and what it was.

Maybe it was an attempted scam by an extremely stupid criminal???

Can the company check the tracking and confirm that it was delivered to your address? For an amount that large, did someone have to sign for it?

I would call the company and ask them to confirm that because apparently UPS will change a delivery address.

I am a UPS My Choice member, and I need to redirect a package before it is delivered to me. What should I do?

If you are a UPS My Choice® member, you have several options when tracking to change the delivery on eligible shipments before we make the first delivery attempt. Your options include redirecting your package to another address, rescheduling the delivery date, or picking up your package at a UPS customer center or at a UPS Access Point™ location, where available.

That happened to me. My credit card was compromised, and the first charge on it was around $500 worth of... flashlights! From an online place. With the flashlights being shipped to me. Subsequently there were many other unauthorized charges for merchandise not shipped to me.

My thought was that the first order was a test to see if the credit card went through.

Ultimately, it all got resolved. But I ended up with a box of zillions of flashlights that I had to return.

Thanks Lucy...the company did put out a notice(?) to intercept the package en route.

I'm not overly worried about that part as, if it does turn up here, we can just send it back. I'm just worried that we're missing something, you know?

Thanks, sas95...yes, we informed the cc company and they cancelled the card immediately...that was a passing thought that it was a "test" to see if it went through. I can't for the life of me figure why any crook would imagine that it was a good idea to test it out with such a large sum...surely that would be a giant red flag for us AND the cc company?

My cc was recently compromised, but nothing was ever shipped to me. The first charge was for $1300, for an auction house in Fl. The second was for $3100 and the last was $6600 for home improvement. This happened within days of each other.

Uh oh. Last week I received two packages from Amazon that I didn't order. I was not expecting a package from anyone. Family members denied sending stuff. Nothing expensive, I looked it up online and the total would be $30. No charges on my credit cards (yet). I called Amazon and they can only give me the first name of the sender, and I don't know anyone with that first name, and told me to keep the items or donate it. I guess I need to continue checking my credit card charges.

Rich69b, there are bunch of articles about such packages from Amazon. Here's one

https://clark.com/scams-rip-offs/amazon-scam-brushing-warning-deliveries-you-didnt-order/

Or google "Amazon shipments not ordered"

Happened to me once. Some laptops were fraudulently charged on my card and sent to my address. While en route, the buyer (thief) changed the address for delivery. I did not have to pay.

I hope this problem wraps up quickly for you.

They will likely close your account and give you a new cc. Yeah, $1500 is a lot.

Rich, is it this? "Brushing"

sushipup, we were posting at the same time.

I would expect more charges to show up until the card is closed.

My husband's card got compromised and we found out about it with a fraud alert asking us to confirm whether we had ordered roughly $10K worth of custom window blinds. They were being shipped overseas from somewhere in Louisiana. Nope -- OK, no charge. Except the CC bank didn't notify the seller and they were preparing the order when DH called them. He said he just had a feeling --- the blinds almost got made and shipped. So they sometimes do try a large amount from the start -- and win big if the shipment isn't stopped. The gut we talked to said the items are often resold when they do get them, so even if they catch the person, there is likely no product and little or no money. A short time later, my card had a similar event with $200 worth of t-shirts from a place in NC. That one got stopped too.

Sushi and gscience, yes, I think it was "brushing." I checked and there was no reviews under my name, unless I'm the anonymous "Amazon customer." Anyhoo, I already changed my password, and I guess I'll just continue checking my credit card charges. Now I'm leery to receive anything from Amazon!

A few years ago, our CC was compromised 3x. The CC company told me computers spit out random numbers and sometimes get lucky. Must be often, imo, or it wouldn't be such a problem! We use our CC daily and pay off in full monthly, but she said how often it's used really doesn't matter. Sure, card numbers get pulled from places sometimes, but more often it's computers.

I've always gotten text alerts for online, international and gas station charges, as well as anything over $X. This has stopped several before they used on something larger. Usually it's a very low charge for something like Spotify.

The weirdest, and most satisfying, compromise was this pair of tennis shoes.

I kid you not. A charge text alert came through, and I immediately called my CC company. Then DD1 suggested I call BG, and they were able to stop the shoes from going out. "Kevin Smith" in the Bronx did not get his fugly sneakers that Christmas. :D Yes, I asked and BG gave me his name and address.

I've had it happen twice. Once the goods were charged and shipped to an address in CA (I was living in Ann Arbor, MI at the time, the cc was skimmed in AA). I reported it to the cc company who canceled the charge, and I sent a cease and desist letter to the recipient. The second time, I got a call from DHL asking about an address which was a destination was someplace I don't have relatives and have never been. Told DHL not to deliver the package as I had not ordered it, and the driver got into an argument with me. Found the charge and called the cc company, which canceled the charge.

Even if the scammer was able to divert the delivery address, wouldn't the carrier's records show where it went?

Some good thoughts here, as well as some horrible experiences! I'm so sorry we all have to think about stuff like this now...

I simply don't understand how we're not able to find out who places these orders. To my admittedly stupid mind, it seems like it should be kind of easy to do...

Should these things be reported to someone? Who?

ETA in case anyone else is confused...Should these things be reported to someone other than the cc company and the vendor?

Should these things be reported? Of course, report to your credit card company, and where appropriate, to the vendor. What else do you have in mind?

I know I've mentioned this here before. My son was alerted to a $10,000 charge on his card. He immediately called the cc company which stopped the charge. He asked if the cc company was going to alert the vendor and they said no. So my son called the company to tell them what had happened. Evidently the order for commercial lighting supplies was sitting on their loading dock waiting for pickup. The company then pulled the order and was able to save themselves from losing all those goods.

We had a similar occurrence.

No fraud alert, but credit monitoring notified my husband that Sprint had requested credit information. Since we have never dealt with Sprint, he knew this was "off". Turns out there was an order for 5 I phones but somehow it was not on any of our accounts, but to his name at our address. Apparently they got some, but we did find a package from Sprint at our front door (they must have messed up the timing or maybe saw us come home) Notified everyone, the police, etc. Put "freezes" on our credit. Thought it was all resolved so to speak. The package we had was ultimately returned to Sprint and had 2 phones.

A week later, sitting eating dinner, we see a man come up to our front door and bend down........he was picking up a package which we had not noticed at the front door. DH bolted out the door and grabbed the package from him. The man was shocked and kept saying his package was delivered to our house in error . There was some shouting-------and he ran into his car and sped away. We got his tag # as did a few neighbors out for a stroll...In the meantime, I had called 911.

Anyway, he got away but we did have the tag. Also, DH got the package. This time, it was from MACYS and was addressed to some bogus name but at our address. (turns out it was just some clothing!)

The bizarre thing was each time the police were called, they took the info but did NOT want the packages. They ultimately did track down the tag, and the man of course claimed that his cousin had borrowed his car. The good news is, with the freezes or locks on our credit we have had no more issues and I suspect being confronted and having the police show up MAY have slowed down this operation.

sushi, I did report it, as I said upthread...

Penny, you said:

Should these things be reported to someone? Who?

So I responded. Sounded like you were asking. Sorry.

I have an Amazon Chase card, and the few times it has happened over the years I first receive a simultaneous text, email, and call from Chase. Each time Chase saw the discrepancy before i did. There was once where they questioned one of our transactions, but it happened immediately while we were still at the store. We were really impressed with that. They have been very easy and polite to work with and have taken care of everything including contacting the company, authorities. They also overnight our new cards. Easy.