Amazon, Walmart, eBay, other sellers, targeted with scam that could compromise your accounts

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Amazon, Walmart, eBay, other sellers, targeted with scam that could compromise your accounts
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If you receive an unexpected package, your online accounts may be a risk.

Packages like this one, received by a New Jersey homeowner, are typical of mailings used in "brushing scams."

After delivering packages, the sender can say, “Hey, look, we have a super high record of successful package deliveries.” Then they use the delivery as evidence to marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, eBay and others that you, the recipient, are a verified buyer of their merchandise. an empty envelope or one of those cardboard squares, immediately change your password for any online marketplaces.

Walmart’s online review process is a little different. Its website says it will send consumers an email inviting them to review both the seller and the product in the weeks following a purchase, and you have to use the links provided the email to access the review forms. It’s unclear if you can remove reviews once they’re posted, and Walmart didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

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