Got a parcel delivered by courier yesterday, I had to sign and as I was expecting a few Ebay purchases and assumed it was one of those, it had my name address on the box so looked legit enough. Took it inside opened it up and realized this must be a joke, it was a "toy" from an online Adult website in Australia, with a thank you card and a message saying my credit card will be billed over $100 to some bogus sounding finance company. First I checked the website, no contact numbers just a message option which I sent, asking why was I sent goods without having ordered it in the first place without any response. I then checked my bank online, on the invoice the order was made on the 9th March and nothing showing for that amount or anything to do with the finance company were there on my account. Next rang my bank who checked for any pending transactions and nothing at all there either, she assuredme that nobody could order anything using my credit card details without having the cvv number to authorise the payment. Next day I finally received a reply from one of the support staff who informed me that, yes a order was made in real time on the 9th by Master card under my name and to re check with my bank which I did and no transactions were made on that or after for that amount. I then sent her another message telling her this and then asked if no moneys been transferred from my account why would you post goods over $100 without first receiving payment? The reply was, yes it was paid for by Master card but the payment actually went through Paypal, I asked her if she could send me any details showing the actual card number that was used expiry date etc, she sent back a partial screen shot of the Paypal order showing my name address, the amount date etc, only thing that was different was my email addy was changed slightly using a cussword abbreviated which showed me, this was someone who has orchestrated this as a prank or revenge directed at me, why I have no idea. I then got in touch with Paypal who also told me there was no transactions made on my account for that amount nor any pending payments coming up. I asked if they could check if any strange ip addresses had logged into my Paypal account and she said that none different to my usual had logged in. I'm just at a loss to figure out why or how this has happened, it looks like someone with a grudge has used my name and address on a different Paypal account put an order in for me to be billed for something I didn't ask for, and why would a company ship out goods over$100 without being paid? Has anyone had this type of thing happen to them before, any advice would be appreciated.
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