I am in my “shop,” waiting for a knock at the door. When I get a text like this ... If I try to preempt this by texting something like “Please ring doorbell when you arrive,” is that ...

They then track the package's delivery. Once it arrives, the scammers either steal it or knock on the door, posing as the intended recipient of the package. They often know the exact delivery time.

I am in my “shop,” waiting for a knock at the door. When I get a text like this ... If I try to preempt this by texting something like “Please ring doorbell when you arrive,” is that ...

"It was a very surreal moment for me. I was quite taken aback by it—I thought I was in trouble," Carly Thomson told Newsweek.