14-05-2025
Received a random item you didn't order? It might be a part of a ‘Brushing' scheme
If you've recently gotten a random item that you didn't order, it could be part of a scheme called 'Brushing.'
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Ryan Simmons is someone who gets packages delivered all the time, so he opened what looked like a normal Amazon delivery and found something that left him stumped.
He had received a single pack of beet chews.
'I did think that maybe someone in my family was playing a joke on me, that they were telling me that I needed to eat healthier,' Simmons said.
But he's not the only one who has received packages they didn't order.
We will update this story.
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