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A 22-year-old has been arrested in an alleged scam of the largest internet retailer that totaled nearly $370,000 by sending return packages filled with dirt.
James Gilbert Kwarteng, of Palma de Mallorca, Spain, allegedly swindled Amazon by filling up the ordered items’ boxes with dirt and registering with the exact weight of the product. He would then receive a refund from Amazon and sell the original item, according to El Español and El Diario de Mallorca.
The return packages would end up sitting around in Amazon’s warehouses where they aren’t checked often. The scam wasn’t discovered until through a random search where someone opened a box and discovered it was full of dirt.
Amazon’s return policy states items shipped from the website, including Amazon Warehouse, can be returned within 30 days of receipt. Refunds are processed in two business days and customers can expect their funds show in their account in three to five business days.
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The report states the success of the alleged scam by Kwarteng, who has been released on bail, enabled him to create his own company.
Wow impressive
Joaquin… don’t even think of it. Your luck isn’t that good even for $500
That’s a dirty thing to do!
His prison nickname,
Dirtbag 2.0
Didn’t Jeff bazos avoid taxes somehow ? Maybe he can pay the difference ????
Rey Herandez
Amazon treats their employees like shit anyways sooo maybe it’s a tiny bit of karma
Laura Michelle let me see. So you know every single amazon employee personally and know this fact , huh ? Wow impressive
Laura Lange I know quite a few who tell the same story and now this story that the others have told is happening to someone very close to me.
Laura Michelle they cant handle 8 yours. They want a break every other hour.
just a tinny bit
Laura Michelle so they shouldn’t work their instead of bitching
Good! I was scammed out of $60 by an Amazon employee….let’s all send boxes of dirt!
Laura Lech ????
Joseph Rayborn
Very creative! I give the 22 year old credit! However eventually you get caught, and they will change their return policy . Which will probably hurt the honest people out there.
The 22 year old should actually put that creative thinking into a real job not a scam
Well, the article does say he used the money from selling the products to start his own company lol
Democrats do this everyday what’s the big deal
Some one always has to ruin it
Jennifer Lee
John Wall