Scammers- what is their objective?

[jimmy47785]

Lately, I have seen websites that are advertising things, such as ride-on lawnmowers, at very discounted costs that raise suspicions. The websites provide safe payment options via well-established credit card issuers. I am perplexed by the purpose of this. If the client has purchased and paid for products that have not been delivered, it is reasonable to expect that the credit card company would reimburse the customer and take action against the seller. If a vendor fails many times, will the credit firms' fraud protection measures not be activated?

[TDudette]

I have experienced a similar instance of deception. I purchased a set of tools from a website that ultimately proved to be an illegitimate replica of the genuine website.

The toolbox failed to appear; instead, I got counterfeit jewels from China.

In summary, a kind woman from China clarified that the scammers manipulated my purchase by substituting it with a much less valuable assortment of counterfeit jewellery. Consequently, the Chinese firm incurred the sad financial loss when my credit card was reimbursed.

[Mistral]

Here is another seemingly futile fraud.
We have received unsolicited packages from Amazon, which were seemingly ordered using our account but paid for by the perpetrator of a scam.

Amazon refuses to accept the return. We have not incurred any financial loss.

These goods are quite peculiar.
Container of crimson nasal tissues
A high-definition television (HDTV) antenna and assorted pieces of decorative costume jewellery.
4 oversized orange sweatshirts

An enigma to me

[TDudette]

These products may have been acquired by unauthorised access to someone's Amazon account, with the intention of intercepting the delivery at your front door when the truck comes. If the scanners lost access to the Amazon account prior to the delivery of the products, they were unable to determine the location of the Amazon van and hence incapable of intercepting the deliveries.

[DSM10000]

Peculiar..

Is it possible that this is a False Flag operation? It appears that a group of thieves has obtained stolen payment details or cards. In addition to using them for their own purchases, they are also placing orders for random items on behalf of different individuals. This tactic is designed to create multiple suspects for investigators to consider, rather than leading them directly to the actual culprits.

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[Mistral]

I first considered the possibility, but it turned out that the individual in question used their personal credit card instead of the one associated with the account. They proceeded to make many purchases over the course of around one month before we were aware of the situation. Due to the proximity of an important birthday, we mistakenly assumed that the gifts were intended for us, unaware that they really belonged to someone else. The boxes remained unopened until the birthday celebration.
They had several opportunities to intercept shipments, but they never took advantage of them.
Regardless of the circumstances, why would one want to purchase a box of red nose tissues?

[Mistral]

We concluded that this was likely the case, albeit it was done in a careless or incomplete manner. There was just one review.
What is the rationale for purchasing numerous identical items? Are there four orange hoodies available? They were really expensive. Undoubtedly, someone would have completed the task.
May I inquire about the availability of a box of tissues? Who would be concerned with the evaluations of those?
Regardless, the password has been changed and the issue has been resolved.

[bvlenci]

Perhaps doing a trial of the fraudulent scheme to see whether anybody detected it? We have seen instances on our eBay account when fraudsters attempted to list things for £1.99, but their efforts were thwarted. Presumably doing a test to determine the potential success of a significant impact.

[Mistral]

However, they were using their own funds. In my opinion, it seems like their enthusiasm or dedication towards the task, most likely the brush thing, was lacking for some unknown reason.