Amazon item from Littlewoods-very odd (very.co.uk)

paddyrg

Could also be someone desperate for cash now and the only credit they can still get is through the catalogues? Pretty stupid way to do it interest-wise, but compared with 'Big Terry' doing your knees, it may be someone's last option?

Either way, I'd use it and treat it as my own for now, if anything changes it'll be up to Amazon to at least restore everyone back to scratch.

bagginslover

Will Amazon restore me, or whoevers details may have been phished the nearly £900 quoted on the slip, if bailiffs are sent? I can't see it somehow.

We all know how unscrupulous they can be, and Littlewoods do have my name and address in their records quite obviously

visidigi

Are you listed as the invoice and delivery address?

earthstorm

bagginslover wrote: »

I have googled the sellers account name (which I now don't mind sharing! One Stop Business Solutions (UK) Ltd.) and found 2 listings with companies house, both with the same founding director, both dissolved. A third listing has them with a new director, registered in June of this year.

the address of the new company which is run by a Md Awal seems to be a shop called MRA Global Cargo

mo786uk

IMO someone has probably opened a fraudulent account on Littlewoods in someones elses name and had the item sent to you.

Littlewoods will cotton on in a few months when the bill is not paid and probably chase the victim - but they might also query it with you as you have received the item.

Best to cover your !!!! now as get confirmation from Littlewoods that you did all you could when you got the item as it sounded suspicious.

Money-Saving-King

I am wondering now if it might be best to send it back under the distant selling regulations, do it officially via Amazons returns process in case it all goes wrong a few months down the line when it may be then difficult to try and get your money back.

If it becomes classed as stolen goods a few months later I can't see how the police/Littlewoods would let you keep it. They are already going to know you find it suspicious because you've rung them several times about it so it's not like you don't already know it possibly could be fraud.

bagginslover

How can I return it? The seller has to verify they've received it, but the seller won't be the one to receive it, so cannot verify anything.
I'll email the companies involved in the morning though, get them to put it in writing that I'll not be held liable for any costs. Meanwhile, the seller is 'looking into it'. Yeah, that'll help.

bagginslover

visidigi wrote: »

Are you listed as the invoice and delivery address?

There's no invoice address on the slip, just delivery address

Money-Saving-King

bagginslover wrote: »

How can I return it? The seller has to verify they've received it, but the seller won't be the one to receive it, so cannot verify anything.
I'll email the companies involved in the morning though, get them to put it in writing that I'll not be held liable for any costs. Meanwhile, the seller is 'looking into it'. Yeah, that'll help.

No return it via Amazon. Surely when you log into Amazon and view your account then click orders something like this comes up on the right hand side of each order:



Just click return item.

AnnieO1234

This is almost certainly fraud to some degree or another.

It is similar to a parcel mule operation and a money laundering scan too. Almost a meld of the two. Do a quick google.

OP do not return this item to the seller!

Write recorded to amazon and littlewoods and explain the situation in full. The mule operation works where unsuspecting individuals are given work taking in and sending on parcels for an ebay sho or similar. They never pay out of pocket themselves and are promised a wage at end of month.

Items are ordered on stolen credit cards or with dodgy money on prepay cards depending on MO of scammer. Mule receives goods and a courier prepayment slip to send item to a 'customer'.

The scammer ends up with the item.

The money laundering scam is where illegitimate money used to buy a car usually in a company name. An employee then insures the car in their own name as anyone is entitled to do registered keeper and driver can be different. Car gets magically stolen. Individual gets a cheque for sum of money from a legitimate source - an insurance company and no one can call it to question.

Be very careful OP. speak with the fraud department of your credit card provider.

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