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Maybe you won a competition and didn't get the e-mail notification. Maybe you somehow enlisted with a product trial survey company.
A long time a ago, a guy I knew had a friend, an accountant apparently, who sent a message to a lady he knew, to be at a certain spot in London on her birthday. He then paid several people he knew in London, total strangers to the lady, to walk past her in the street as she waited at the appointed place, and each handing her a single VEGETABLE without saying a word, then moving on.
The poor woman was mystified, and at the end of the afternoon had an armful of raw cabbages, carrots, turnips, etc., and no idea what was happening.
There was no reason to it, very Bunuel-like.
Some people are like that.
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I remember in my Consumer Education class back in high school that any package I might receive for which I did not pay can be considered a gift. So you might not be on the hook for the cost of them.
Maybe you could hang on to them until it gets resolved to your satisfaction, rather than giving them away or using them. (Isn't that the kind of prudence what they taught you at the Starfleet Porpoise Academy?  )
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I will say, though, this is an interesting story, Solium!
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Aug 24, 2013 - 7:43 PM
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I will say, though, this is an interesting story, Solium!
Crazy for sure! I know according to US laws I can keep what ever is delivered to my residence. Though I won't assume I can (or should keep it). While I try to work this out the items will remain in their packages unopened.
Ive discovered the two packages I received have the wrong phone numbers on them. (for the recipient) One is local but for another residence, the other can be any of three businesses in CA.
On monday you will recieve another package containing a Photo ID and Passport with a differfent name, $5000 cash, a 9mm pistol, and a plane ticket for an express flight to Dubai. You'll also notice a napkin from a certain Casino with the hand written message
"Come Alone, Tell No One. Bring the Iphone and Stylus with you. -T.K."
Funny, but I almost believe that!
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I know according to US laws I can keep what ever is delivered to my residence. Though I won't assume I can (or should keep it).
That's not entirely true. Whomever told you that, is not correct. For example, it's a Federal crime to open mail not addressed to you, even if it is delivered to your address. Or if the pckage or envelope contains something like, for example a check, and you somehow manage to cash it (I know, it seems unlikely, but it happens), that money isn't yours just because it was incorrectly delivered to you.
It's hard to keep your identificationb protected when ever month you are hearing of data breeches and personal data accidently exposed. Just last month, the I.R.S accidently exposed thousands of social security numbers online. Over 260,000 customer's data at TD Bank were exposed in 2012. Over 2.5 million people in California have had their data exposed, half of which incluides social security numbers. In 2012, over 450,000 login and passwords were hacked for Yahoo! users and put online for other people to see.
Which, by the way, reminds me of a funny story. back in February, 2012, it was reported Syrian government officials had their e-mails hacked. The hackers were using what amounted to passwords you could litterally hear as a comedy bit in "Spaceballs" -- 'cause people, some people, are so stupid, they actually use bonehead passwords. Turns out these government officials there, were using passwords like "iloveyou" and, as hard as it is to believe, "1234".
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Aug 26, 2013 - 8:10 AM
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Which, by the way, reminds me of a funny story. back in February, 2012, it was reported Syrian government officials had their e-mails hacked. The hackers were using what amounted to passwords you could litterally hear as a comedy bit in "Spaceballs" -- 'cause people, some people, are so stupid, they actually use bonehead passwords. Turns out these government officials there, were using passwords like "iloveyou" and, as hard as it is to believe, "1234".
Most people use extremely easy passwords to figure out simply for the sake of remembering them; birthdays, address, names of relatives, loved ones, favorite sports team... . Nowadays when you're asked to type a pasword the page will usually tell you how secure it is, I am often surprised when I think it's secure enough (with a variation of numbers and capital/regular letters), it still tells me it's only 'medium' safe.
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Aug 26, 2013 - 8:36 AM
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Solium
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Which, by the way, reminds me of a funny story. back in February, 2012, it was reported Syrian government officials had their e-mails hacked. The hackers were using what amounted to passwords you could litterally hear as a comedy bit in "Spaceballs" -- 'cause people, some people, are so stupid, they actually use bonehead passwords. Turns out these government officials there, were using passwords like "iloveyou" and, as hard as it is to believe, "1234".
Most people use extremely easy passwords to figure out simply for the sake of remembering them; birthdays, address, names of relatives, loved ones, favorite sports team... . Nowadays when you're asked to type a pasword the page will usually tell you how secure it is, I am often surprised when I think it's secure enough (with a variation of numbers and capital letters), it still tells me it's only 'medium' safe.
http://strongpasswordgenerator.com/ 
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Someone got hold of my personal info and opened fake accounts. I'm not the only one. Apparently one merchant I talked too said they got a lot of fraud claims the last few days. So keep your eyes open. It appears to be wide spread. 
