Farmers in at least six states received suspicious seed packages from China
In an attempt to corrupt Mother Earth’s fertile ground on this side of the globe, suspicious seed packages were sent from China to farmers in the states of Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington.
Fortunately for all of us, China gave its true intentions away with, well, the Chinese writings on the packages. A lady by the name of Lori Culley told KTSU that she became suspicious about what was really in the packages when she looked down and saw that “most of the writing on the outside was in Chinese.”
Jane Rupp , who is the president of the BBB in Utah, told the folks over at KTSU that the suspicious packages are part of a scam called “brushing.”
“Brushing” is something that desperate folks do whenever they’re trying to up their reviews on Yelp or some other rating website in order to drum up business.
Simply put, a “brushing” scam is a shit at the board tactic that usually doesn’t work because, well, the poor scoundrels are trying to con folks into using a product from a distrustful company or country, like China.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Plant Protection and Quarantine Program regulates the shipping of foreign plants and seeds into the U.S. Before being shipped out to buyers, a phytosanitary certificate is placed on the seed or plant packages.
The phytosanitary certificate is used to certify that foreign plants or seeds are not infected with any diseases. If the phytosanitary certificate is not placed on the plant or seed packages, then the plant or seed packages do not make it into the country.
Therefore, any poor scoundrel who’s using the “brushing” scam, in the hopes that someone will take the bait and up their reviews on Yelp, is just fresh out of luck.
Fortunately for all of us, China gave its true intentions away with, well, the Chinese writings on the packages. A lady by the name of Lori Culley told KTSU that she became suspicious about what was really in the packages when she looked down and saw that “most of the writing on the outside was in Chinese.”
Jane Rupp , who is the president of the BBB in Utah, told the folks over at KTSU that the suspicious packages are part of a scam called “brushing.”
“Brushing” is something that desperate folks do whenever they’re trying to up their reviews on Yelp or some other rating website in order to drum up business.
Simply put, a “brushing” scam is a shit at the board tactic that usually doesn’t work because, well, the poor scoundrels are trying to con folks into using a product from a distrustful company or country, like China.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Plant Protection and Quarantine Program regulates the shipping of foreign plants and seeds into the U.S. Before being shipped out to buyers, a phytosanitary certificate is placed on the seed or plant packages.
The phytosanitary certificate is used to certify that foreign plants or seeds are not infected with any diseases. If the phytosanitary certificate is not placed on the plant or seed packages, then the plant or seed packages do not make it into the country.
Therefore, any poor scoundrel who’s using the “brushing” scam, in the hopes that someone will take the bait and up their reviews on Yelp, is just fresh out of luck.
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