New(?) amazon scam in the works

jerryherb · 2014-10-17T13:02:39.000Z

It appears that sellers are getting scammed lately by buyers who use hotels as their shipping address claiming the package was not received by the front desk and requesting replacements/refunds/opening AZ cases that sellers are bound to lose. if you have an amazon seller account you should be able to access the link below, if you dont you MAY be able to get it as well: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=225779&ref_=im_sf_C_225779_wsfqs_home&sortBy=helpful it starts with the following: Posted on: 16 Oct, 2014 11:10 PM Reply Out of nowhere we have been getting orders from hotels in the past month. All the names appear to be of an "Indian" or "Asian" origin. They order an item then we get the following email within 24 hours of delivery. "Details: The customer is currently in a hotel and the package was tagged as delivered by the carrier but the front desk of the hotel didn't receive it. Please refund the money to the customer." After this they file an A-Z claim with 24-48 hours. Amazon has paid out on every one so far. This person staying at an Alaska Holiday Inn Express is living at a hotel ordering items. This has happened now over fives times to our account in the past month. I am wondering if Amazon notices a pattern. I asked another seller here and he told me it happened to him over 10 times in the last month. I am contacting the hotel and Post Office myself! Watch out for this latest scam my fellow sellers.