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Lemmy, what did i get in the mail? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Weird story, so about 9 years ago we sold our house to a family member, who rented it out. Those renters reached out to them and said that we got a package. We still live in the area so I went and got it from them.

We have no idea what this is, or who sent it. When I search that sku I can't find much except an article about how Americans are getting sent seeds from China, the return address is from Equatorial Guinea. But even if they are seeds, what are they? Also why?

What you got Lemmy? Maybe put a sarcasm tag on your response if you have a humorous thought. But I really want to know. Google lens thinks they are bugs.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/27-states-issue-warnings-about-residents-receiving-unsolicited-seed-packets-n1235094

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm quite surprised it wasn't seized by customs with how blatantly obviously it contains seeds

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Small enough to not get randomly selected for inspection. Too many packages to open and inspect them all; so stuff slips through.

I doubt they declared it as seeds on import.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago

it does. and there are 2 versions. both are good.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

Those are the seeds used to grow charcoal briquettes.
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[–] [email protected] 93 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It’s a brushing scam. You’re now going to find that somewhere online, you have left wonderful reviews for their products.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You ought to love humanity. "We are shipping flower seeds halfway across the globe so we have at least some legitimacy to make an online rating marginally better"

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