{"id":21973,"date":"2026-02-15T07:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T06:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/15\/brushing-fraud-britons-told-to-beware-of-mystery-parcels-as-new-scam-soars\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T07:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T06:37:19","slug":"brushing-fraud-britons-told-to-beware-of-mystery-parcels-as-new-scam-soars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/15\/brushing-fraud-britons-told-to-beware-of-mystery-parcels-as-new-scam-soars\/","title":{"rendered":"Brushing fraud: Britons told to beware of mystery parcels as new scam soars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fraudsters use stolen personal details to send out products, then post a fake verified and positive online review<\/p>\n<p>A package arrives but you can\u2019t remember ordering anything.<\/p>\n<p>When you open it, you find some cheap, flimsy jewellery.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2026\/feb\/15\/brushing-fraud-britons-mystery-parcels-scam-review\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6e5b9d59882c7075b1a21f8b8a2117b9ed05fdc3\/1052_0_5258_4207\/master\/5258.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=cc936ad29988543427493f282a2ac579\" title=\"Brushing fraud: Britons told to beware of mystery parcels as new scam soars\" \/>Fraudsters use stolen personal details to send out products, then post a fake verified and positive online review<br \/>\nA package arrives but you can\u2019t remember ordering anything.<br \/>\nWhen you open it, you find some cheap, flimsy jewellery. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fraudsters use stolen personal details to send out products, then post a fake verified and positive online review A package arrives but you can\u2019t remember ordering anything. When you open it, you find some cheap, flimsy jewellery. Continue reading&#8230; Fraudsters use stolen personal details to send out products, then post a fake verified and positive &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/15\/brushing-fraud-britons-told-to-beware-of-mystery-parcels-as-new-scam-soars\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brushing fraud: Britons told to beware of mystery parcels as new scam soars<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21973"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}