# Stuff being delivered to my address erroneously **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 14, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-being-delivered-to-my-address-erroneously/1023969 "2025-10-14T20:01:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-being-delivered-to-my-address-erroneously/1023969/2 "2025-10-14T20:10:35Z")
If you were receiving random trinkets from e.g. Amazon I’d think this applies: > [@Anyone else being the 'victim' of a brushing scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-being-the-victim-of-a-brushing-scam/1023359): > > A little over two weeks ago we started getting small packages addressed to “Colin Boone” several times week, both from Amazon directly and passed through USPS. Now, this house was owned by hubby’s parents before us, for a total of a little over 50 years of continuous occupation by people with our last name, No one by that name, or any part of it, has lived here, been a guest here, or even come to a gathering so far as we know. So apparently it’s a ‘brushing scam.’ At first we assumed it was … But you’re not. Might want to bring the USPS stuff to your local post office and ask them. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-being-delivered-to-my-address-erroneously/1023969)._