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Brushing fraud: Britons told to beware of mystery parcels as new scam soars

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Veserr@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/feb/15/brushing-fraud-britons-mystery-parcels-scam-review

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  • danielquinn@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    All the pearl-clutching about how the product you receive may not adhere to good quality standards ignores the fact that “legitimate” companies like Hobbycraft were selling asbestos-laden products to kids right out of the brick random offer stores until about a month ago.

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    • Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      A source if anybody else missed this news and is curious:

      theguardian.com/…/hobbycraft-issues-full-recall-o…

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  • rah@hilariouschaos.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    archive.is/EInvH

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