B.C. woman receives dozens of Amazon packages she never ordered | 24CA News
A B.C. lady has obtained greater than 50 Amazon packages over the previous two months – packages she by no means ordered.
Anca Nitu stated each day returns house from work, she has a brand new package deal ready for her on her doorstep. The downside is that she is now on the hook for customs prices of greater than $300 for shipments she doesn’t need.
“It started on June 8 when I received a package from an unknown entity from the United States,” she advised Global News.
“It came by UPS and was left at my door. I didn’t know what it was and I called UPS. They said they would pick it up the next day – they didn’t.”
The packages have Amazon labels on them and Nitu stated she reached out to Amazon Canada, who knowledgeable her that they don’t seem to be Amazon Canada packages.
“So I thought, ‘Well, maybe this is a mistake.’ But the next days, I kept receiving packages,” she stated.
“I called the RCMP because I didn’t know what to do.”
Nitu stated Mounties got here to her house and even opened a package deal to examine it. But they, too, are left questioning why the packages had been coming and the place they had been coming from.
“An RCMP constable came, looked at the packages … took some pictures … and he said he called UPS to have them picked up the next day,“ Nitu said.
“He said they would investigate. So I waited the whole month of June while the RCMP investigated.”
The packages had been by no means picked up, and increasingly more packages stored arriving.
Around a month later, Nitu stated she obtained a voicemail from the RCMP, saying investigators “didn’t know where to begin.”
Not understanding what to do, Nitu began opening the packages and located all of them had return slips inside.
Langley RCMP confirmed they’ve an energetic ongoing investigation trying into the mysterious packages.
“We do have an active investigation into this occurrence with Mrs. Nitu,” Sgt. Joe Leeson stated.
“We are investigating any potential identity theft as well as if her address is being used for a nefarious purpose.”
All of the packages contained ladies’s sneakers.
“The past month or so I tried to contact the senders and the ones I was able to reach … they said Amazon provided them the address (for the returns),” Nitu stated.
“These are regular people in the States who are buying shoes, who want to return them, and instead of returning them to the seller or Amazon, they are sending them to my home.”
Nitu stated whereas Canada Post and FedEx cancelled charges for the packages, UPS has not been so co-operative. She stated UPS retains sending her payments, that are for “import fees” for crossing the border.
“UPS is a challenge. I still have 10 unpaid bills totalling a little more than $385. They have cancelled some bills but not all of them,” she stated.
Global News has reached out to UPS, Canada Post, Amazon, and Amazon Canada for remark.
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