We finally know why Americans kept getting sketchy seeds in the mail from China

[Chris Smith]

• Mysterious seeds from China have been shipped to Americans in all 50 states, an investigation has discovered.
• The recipients got various types of seeds, some of them being harmless, common seeds that one might plant in their garden. Others were harmful to the soil.
• The mystery now appears to be a vast scam targeting people whose online accounts have been compromised.

The novel coronavirus pandemic is undoubtedly the biggest and scariest situation of the year, but it's hardly the strangest thing that has happened in 2020. Thousands of Americans have received unsolicited seed packages containing mysterious Chinese seeds over the past few months.

We've seen plenty of reports on the matter, as people detailed their experiences with unexpected deliveries. It turns out the mystery is much bigger than anyone thought, and there may be a simple explanation for it. China isn't conducting some sort of carefully orchestrated agricultural scam against the US with the help of nefarious seeds, as some might believe. But it's still a scam nonetheless, and one that you should avoid at all costs.

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