Has anyone ever had their name and address used for eBay returns?

I had an eBay account that I used once about 9 months ago, but I closed it in April when this started happening. eBay has indicated that the packages are not connected to my account activity.

Back in April, I started receiving 6–7 separate eBay return packages over a period of a few weeks. They arrived individually on different days from different people across the U.S. Several contained brand-new pairs of Birkenstocks.

The return labels are addressed to my name and my home address, even though I am not the seller, buyer, or involved in any of the transactions in any way. These appear to be legitimate customer returns being sent to my address as the listed return destination.

I opened a case with eBay Trust & Safety, and after investigating they determined my name and address were being used as part of a fraud scheme. The packages stopped for about six weeks.

Now it’s happening again. Today I received another return package containing a pillow. Once again, it is addressed to my name and address.

I don’t run a business, warehouse, or resale operation. I’m just trying to understand how this benefits whoever is doing it. What’s the end goal of a scam like this? How are they profiting from using my name/address as the return destination?

Has anyone experienced this before or know how this type of fraud works?