Strange piece of mail, not sure what to make of it?

[SteveNU]

Today we received a piece of mail at our small church from a company called Ruition Express with an address in Pomona Calif.

It was a 6*9 manila envelope addressed to Dear Resident and not the church. Inside was two random pages torn out of the March 2020 issue of the Costco Connection. Nothing else, no request for information or anything.

Not sure what to make of it. I called the post office and asked them but they couldn't shed any light on it.

This company appears to be a Chinese shipping services company. Wondering why they would be doing this?

 

[Clone]

To show that a package was received at that address? Wasn't that part of a shipping scam where folks would order something (maybe it was eBay) but the seller would ship junk. Then when the person disputed the order, they would show that it had been delivered, and claim that the buyer was trying to scam them.

 

[cathy63]

To show that a package was received at that address? Wasn't that part of a shipping scam where folks would order something (maybe it was eBay) but the seller would ship junk. Then when the person disputed the order, they would show that it had been delivered, and claim that the buyer was trying to scam them.

Yes, it could be part of a Brushing scam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brushing_(e-commerce)

 

[SteveNU]

Thanks for the responses. That certainly sounds like that might the case here. Still curious why they would send it to Dear Resident and not a person.

So it could be a seller maybe on Alibaba who set up a fake account and sent the package through this shipping company. Then when it's delivered they can write a 5* review which pushes their ranking up on the site.

Someone else locally just posted something similar on Facebook today. They received a single surgical mask from China and had no idea why. Sounds like this is exactly what happened to them also.

Thanks!

 

[Sunset]

Post office will deliver anything addressed to Resident. (or occupant)
If they put a name on it that does not match people living there, then the post office might not deliver it.