Lisa Klebba, from a small town in Michigan, checked her mail one day recently and found a surprise: a package from Kyrgyzstan. “I was like, this is weird. So I looked at it and I'm like, did I order ...
A popular scam is known as 'brushing', an unordered package that shows up on your doorstep. It has your address but no information on the sender; however, you can bet that someone is benefiting from ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I travel the world reporting on emerging markets and China overseas. Heaven McGeehan awoke one morning to find an unexpected ...
But as the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns, this scam called "brushing" has a scary downside, and you are not the real winner here. Brushing scams have seen a sudden nationwide surge. You start ...
The popularity of ordering online continues to build. Last year’s online sales reached nearly $395 billion. Predictions are for them to reach $523 billion by the year 2020. Your Better Business Bureau ...
If you find a package sitting on your front porch and it's something you didn’t order, you might want to hold off on telling the world that you’ve just scored a freebie. In reality, what probably ...
UNITED STATES (WJW) — The Better Business Bureau is warning Americans about a “brushing scam” that involves unknown senders shipping boxes of unordered merchandise to a consumer’s home. According to ...
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has released a public service announcement warning about a rising scam targeting individuals across the United States. This new scam, dubbed "brushing scams, ...