Random Tiny Things from CS@OrangeConnex.com

[usmeli.063gxwm9]

I don't know quite what to do.  I've gotten a second package from CS@OrangeConnex.com unsolicited.  Inside are tiny tiny what are probably cell phone parts.  The total price of the package can't be more then USD$3 as there's nothing electronic.  This time I was able to identify what they were: they are tiny sim insert holders.  There's no shipping invoice, no activity on my account or credit card.  I'm afraid to contact OrangeConnex because it might be some kind of scam.  I feel horrible that they might be sending these tiny things to me and someone isn't getting the parts. 

I think it has to do with ebay because the only english thing on google result for them lead to a eBay community post on what a horrible shipping company they are (LoL!).   Can I just return to sender if I get another one? 

I do order tiny parts so I can't just send back any little package I get without opening it.  Can I tape it up and put return to sender?

Has this happened to you? How did you resolve it!?

[chanate-2009]

Why did I receive something that I have no idea what the heck it is?  I have no use for it.  I read your email..I think this is a crazy person's business....and attached to eBay somehow.  Not happy about it!  Just something else to "file" 13.  I don't need whatever it is.

[f16ham]

I also received a package from them a couple days ago that I didn’t order. I didn’t contact them nor order from them. Not sure what it’s about, but looks like they only want to show a tracking number as delivered. Mine was a small yarn tassel that I have no use for. 

Mike

[leelee2294]

I got some tiny parts today have clue what they are I didn’t order it 🤔

[redmodelt]

If these unordered packets contain seeds, contact your agriculture department before tossing out for disposal. They may be invasive species, that are unwanted in the US.

[px_455]

This is how it works.
A person receives packages or parcels containing various sorts of items which were not ordered or requested by the recipient. While the package may be addressed to the recipient, there is not a return address, or the return address could be that of a retailer. The sender of the item(s) is usually an international, third-party seller who has found the recipient’s address online. The intention is to give the impression that the recipient is a verified buyer who has written positive online reviews of the merchandise, meaning: they write a fake review in your name. These fake reviews help to fraudulently boost or inflate the products’ ratings and sales numbers, which they hope results in an increase of actual sales in the long-run. Since the merchandise is usually cheap and low-cost to ship, the scammers perceive this as a profitable pay-off.

Gosh, they just don't quit with the dumb stuff, do they?

[evry1nositswindy]

Just a comment, as I haven't received any of these package:  all of these packages add to the already overwhelmed USPS's deliveries.  These packages get delivered while others are running late.

[kwilliams1936]

My pkg was 5 things that look like 5 gal. water bottle caps with no gaskets.

[lordhavembrun-0]

I got a silver tack

[lordhavembrun-0]

Possibly We are receiving these items to lead us somewhere else. 
so they can hook us to purchase or use other sites. 

[jonathanscottjames]

i have no idea about how to do it. but i would like to tall you that i've successfully received many shipments from orangeconnex. they are amazing. and a great value.  yet good luck.. 

[tedbunten]

I received a small battery charger for a small flat battery that I never owned.  I don’t know what to do with it.  I can’t find any charge on any of my charge cards nor any direct charges to my bank account.  There is a return address on the envelope so I’m going to try to send it back.   Hope that works.

[buick-lover]

This is a SCAM company and one day they are going to get nailed! It might be one person at the company but  crime doesn't pay ALL the time.

[buick-lover]

They have figured out how to hack into an account, purchase an item, send it to their address and then forward a package, empty sometimes, to the hacked party. That way it seems the article has been delivered. If you didn't order the item, the bank will refund your money so it satisfies you. They get the item and you get refunded and life is happy. UNLESS, someone figures it out and alerts the authorities, ie...Ebay, USPS, FBI of the wrong doing. Then a whole lot of investigators are on their trail. I would hate to always be looking over my shoulder for the authorities to grab me!

[eburtonlab]

The recipient is not the victim of the typical brushing scam.

Brushing scams have little or nothing to do with hacking, and the recipient of the inexpensive item has not been hacked. The item is actually paid for by the scammer -- that is why it is so inexpensive -- in order to generate tracking that shows delivery to the recipient's area, as part of some other scheme to make a seller appear to have done much more business than in actuality.

There are other types of scams to look out for as well, but this thread is specifically about users receiving random orders of inexpensive items that are not related to anything the recipient has done or any transactions the recipient is involved in.

[donnal4111]

I ordered 2 glass cell phone screen protectors from them in November on ebay.  It was about $4.00. I received them today and one was chipped and broken (split across top portion). There is no paperwork with it, only their return address in Inglewood,  Ca.  It took over 3 weeks to get it and it was broken. Not sure what to do if anything, how to contact them, etc.?