Why did I receive a random package from China?

Chinese agents sending parcels to McGeehan repeatedly is a devious way to increase sales and obtain positive feedback by fraud. Sellers wish to boost sales and get positive reviews, so they pretend to be actual customers and place orders via fake accounts, and then send the products to the actual customers.

What do you do with unsolicited packages?

If you opened it, and do not wish to keep it, you may simply dispose of it in the garbage, as long as it is safe to do so. If you opened it and you like it, you may keep it. By law, you may keep unsolicited merchandise and are under no obligation to pay for it. Your personal information may have been compromised.

Is it illegal to send unsolicited packages?

Unsolicited goods are those goods which are sent to someone without being asked those goods to be sent. Sending unsolicited goods in itself is not an offence. However, demanding payment for unsolicited goods is a criminal offence. Consumers can retain unsolicited goods or dispose them as they wish.

What do I do if I receive a suspicious package from China?

If you receive a mystery package, the FTC says you should keep an eye on all of your online shopping accounts. If you spot any suspicious activity, report it right away and change your password for the site.

What should you do if you receive seeds from China?

Immediately contact your state plant regulatory official or APHIS State plant health director. Hold on to the seeds and packaging, including the mailing label, until someone from your state department of agriculture or APHIS contacts you with further instructions. Don’t open the seed packet.

What happens if you lie about not getting a package?

If it’s a package that was delivered by the postal service, it’s also mail fraud, a federal crime, and the penalty is 5 years in a federal prison, in addition to the fraud and larceny charges you may face at the state level.

Where are mysterious packages coming from from China?

After reports across the country of mysterious packages of seeds arriving from China, residents from New York to Georgia now say they’re getting other bizarre shipments from the country that they never ordered.

Are there still unordered packages coming from China?

McGeehan reports that she is still receiving unordered packages from China, only now whoever is sending them has moved on from hair ties to random keychain charms. I asked Lisa if she was frightened by the unordered, empty package: “Well, I guess. I’m very realistic, so I wasn’t scared but I was …” she paused for a moment.

What did the package look like from China?

Though from Kyrgyzstan, the package looked like one that she had previously received from China after ordering from AliExpress. She thought it may have been a small dental tool that she ordered months before but hadn’t yet received.

Why is McGeehan receiving unordered packages from China?

Basically, they are low cost stand-ins for the real products. It doesn’t really matter what is shipped in the packages in this case, as the person receiving it has nothing to do with the exchange. But at least McGeehan is actually receiving packages that contain something.