More than one million UK households across the UK may have fallen victim to a scam known as "brushing" after receiving mystery Amazon parcels designed to boost the rankings of third-party sellers.
Consumer group Which? said it was concerned at the numbers of households reporting receiving a mystery Amazon package at their home address that they did not order and was not sent by a known person.
The watchdog believes third-party sellers are exploiting Amazon's highly competitive search ranking system for products - which favours items with high sales volumes and good reviews - by sending items to unsuspecting people and then falsely logging it as a genuine purchase. Householders have reported receiving items including:Customers have also
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