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pwalker8 explained the scam very well, but there are some things I would add. The Amazon accounts with the gift cards are often sold to purchasers on the web, either in particular forums on the open web or on the dark web. If the fraudsters themselves use the account to purchase goods they do so as described. However, sending some goods to innocent third parties further muddies the waters in the unlikely event law enforcement does take an interest. It depends on how paranoid they are, but remember it is not their own money. But if there are 20 purchases to 20 different addresses, with nineteen of the recipients innocent victims, how does law enforcement identify the fraudster with any reasonable degree of certainty. Even harder if the addresses are all of innocent people and the fraudster plans to intercept the delivery.
Either the scammer hoped in your case to intercept your deliveries or you are simply there to muddy the waters. Because the orders you are receiving are small items with little value I suspect the latter in your case.
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