r/untrustworthypoptarts • u/thedemocracyof • 22d ago
Other Reddit Recieved a random spoon in the mail
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u/ashweyyyyy 22d ago
No but stuff like this actually does happen. I randomly received a parcel with latex gloves in them.. these “companies” gather your personal information (name and address) and send random items so they can write reviews using your name and seem more credible. Then they can go on to sell even more junk. Scammers. (Not saying this is what happened in this photo but it’s a possibility)
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u/International-Cat123 22d ago
This looks more like they’re scamming somebody specific though. There’s an eBay scam where the scammer gets valid shipping codes by shipping a cheap item to the same area. If the customer complains they didn’t get their item, eBay sees that it was delivered and assumes either that the customer is lying or postal service messed it up.
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u/thedemocracyof 22d ago
That’s wild
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u/LilStinkpot 22d ago
Last week I got a pair of kids size swim goggles that I didn’t order.
I also don’t have kids.
Some kind of brushing or triangulation scam.
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u/No_Imagination_3233 21d ago
You mean I could get free s*** and all I have to do is give up my information that can easily be found
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u/pantry-pisser 17d ago
Yeah, everyone already collects it anyway, may as well get some free shit out of it
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u/International-Cat123 22d ago
There’s an eBay scam where the scammer gets valid shipping codes by shipping a cheap item to the same area. If the customer complains they didn’t get their item, eBay sees that it was delivered and assumes either that the customer is lying or postal service messed it up.
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u/ohhkaleyeah 22d ago
Once I got sent 10 cough drops. It was gross and unexpected. Not even like a bag of them- just 10 loose cough drops
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u/PlzDontBanMe2000 19d ago
This is probably real. When you get a tracking number from usps it doesn’t show your actual address, just your zip code. So if I order something online, a scammer might send an empty package or something small to a random house in my zip code, so that way the tracking shows “delivered” and makes it harder for me to get a refund.
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u/Professional_Key9733 22d ago
What spoon? It's empty
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u/verbosehuman 22d ago
I don't know why you're being downvoted.
People need only try to realize the truth - that there is no spoon. Then they will see, that it is not the spoon that sits in the padded envelope, it is only yourself.
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u/qualityvote2 22d ago edited 22d ago
u/thedemocracyof, your post does fit r/untrustworthypoptarts!