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Walmart Self-Checkout Scam

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Mayhem

Check your receipts before leaving the store!

I saw on the local news that there is a new scam going on at Walmart where someone will go to self-check out, scan their stuff (usually gift cards - small amount $20 - $30), and then walk away without paying for it. Then they stand elsewhere in the store and wait for someone else to use the register after them.

By this time, the register screen has already timed out, and the next person in line doesn't see anything.

The thief then waits until this person scans their stuff and pays, which now activates the gift cards and makes them a physical item. Now the thief can leave the store with the gift cards, and it won't set the door alarms off.

Apparently this little scam has been very successful, because hardly anyone is going over their receipts until after they get to their vehicle or already at home.
Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.

Squid

It's getting so that I don't want to go wherever there are people!

minimarshs

Self-serve is costing stores much more than it saves in employee costs.  Think of the time and brain power it took to come up with this scheme (for a non-taxable profit of $20 or $30), when they could be out there going for world domination. 

Mayhem

The latest scam was to trick the machine at Walmart to giving them extra cash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO5cXuSSdN0
Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.

Squid

ugh... always present... those who want everything without spending, working, etc.  
So disappointing.

Mayhem

I'm surprised that glitch went unnoticed for so long. Walmart lost millions over it ...
Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.

MsMissy

Oh my, i dont hardly ever use those self checks myself.  Im glad to read this  now ,as now i dont trust them at all.   Thank you for posting this message.  
 

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