Woman receives 1,000 condoms she didn't order in Amazon hack

Publish date: 2024-09-01

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Talk about a protection racket.

An unsuspecting Canadian woman was left aghast after Amazon dropped a not-so-nice package containing 1,000 condoms on her doorstep — charging her nearly $700 dollars for the behemoth box of birth control.

“We really can’t understand what took place and why we received the package at our house,” Joelle Angleheart of Chapleau, Ontario told CTV Toronto of the plus-size prophylactic parcel.

Angleheart, who was busy tending to a sick husband in the hospital at the time, realized something was off when she received a message from Amazon saying the shipment of sheaths was on its way.

Assuming the message was sent as part of a phishing scam, considering nobody in the Angleheart household had made such a purchase, the notification went ignored.

“We clearly did not order this package and it’s a lot of money,” Joelle Angleheart told CTV. CTV News Toronto

But once she noticed that her credit card had charged, it became clear this was no contra-deception.

To make matters worse, Angleheart was initially unable to get her money back, after Amazon claimed condoms are ineligible for return, seeing as they are “personal items.”

The chaste Canuck reported being embarrassed and frustrated over being charged a “lot of money” for something she’d never order.

Angleheart was flabbergasted after finding out she’d been charged over $600 for the order. CTV News Toronto

Angleheart, left with something of a mess on her hands, spent four months attempting to coax a refund from the online giant, only recently receiving her wad back, along with an apology.

“Amazon secured the customer’s account and their money has been returned,” said a company spokesperson, adding that they plan to probe the situation further and hold the bad actors accountable.

“It’s such a relief to finally get that money back,” gushed the inadvertent raincoat recipient, who was reportedly told she could keep the box.

The identity of the contraception sender is unclear. CTV News Toronto

Experts liked the delivery to an increasingly common “brushing scam,” where packages are shipped to unwitting consumers in the hopes that the recipient will leave a good review.

However, since Angleheart was charged for her trouble, her account may well have been hacked.

“Be on the lookout for these types of scams because there is definitely a rise in this type of fraud,” Claudiu Popa, CEO of Datarisk Canada, told a reporter.

“Be on the lookout for these types of scams because there is definitely a rise in this type of fraud,” Claudiu Popa, CEO of Datarisk Canada, said.

The jimmy jinx comes as Durex announced the roll-out of custom-fit condoms for the less-endowed, who might feel uncomfortable shopping for smaller rubbers.

And Angleheart may want to thank her lucky stars the condoms weren’t used, as was the recent case in Australia, where women reportedly received packages containing befouled French letters as part of a “targeted attack.”

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