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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Don't open the items and keep them. Given you didn't order them and you didn't open the account, you could get in trouble for receiving stolen goods. Call Amazon and request to speak to a supervisor and not a grunt. Tell this supervisor what's going on and you want it resolved. Email Jeff Bezos if you have to. This is not something you want to let continue as you could get in trouble for something you did not do. I was thinking this could be a money laundering scheme. Crooked/stolen money converted into Amazon gift cards.
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The source of funds for the gift cards could be just about anything. If I had to guess it would be a way of utilising stolen credit card details, either by the thief or by a purchaser. Anecdotally such details can be purchased with bitcoin on the dark web, together with Paypal accounts and other online account details, including to my knowledge Netflix.
I had the pleasure some years ago of having my Netflix account hacked, presumably because of a weak password. Fortunately I discovered it quickly when I checked my usage and found that a couple of devices I did not have were logging in from places in Canada, the US and the UK. Neither Netflix nor anyone else was terribly interested. I changed both the email and the password on the account and have had no further troubles. I did report the ip addresses involved to the ISP's concerned, and at least one account was suspended pending an investigation which seems never to have occurred.
I am pretty sure that the details were purchased online. Even a rudimentary investigation would have produced interesting results, but I think law enforcement in general has still not come to grips with this type of cyber-crime, and the companies concerned are not particularly interested in pursuing it as it is not affecting their bottom line.
It was fortunate that I am computer literate and picked it up. Otherwise this sort of thing can go on for years without detection, and I think often does. I suspect it is quite widespread but companies take the view that these people would not pay for subscriptions anyway.