A brushing scam begins with you receiving a package you didn't order. Scammers primarily use this to write fake reviews for their products, but they might try to convince you to pay for the item. According to the law, you are free to keep, donate, or throw away any unsolicited package you receive. You can also mark any unopened package "Return to Sender" and USPS will send it back free of charge. If it comes from a service like Amazon, you can report it to them and they will investigate.
Recently there have been press articles that have warned that these types of packages may contain a QR code that, if you scan it with your phone, immediately compromises your personal and financial information and drains your bank accounts. That is NOT true. While QR codes are handy for sharing a website, your contact information, or attaching to a WiFi network (and much more), they simply can't cause your phone to go to the dark side.
But one word of advice. Use your phone's camera app to scan QR codes. I trust them more than I would some random app in their app store.
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