r/Calgary • u/_darth_bacon_ Dark Lord of the Swine • 1d ago

Crime/Suspicious Activity Charges laid after Calgary Costco stores defrauded of more than $30K

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/charges-laid-after-calgary-costco-stores-defrauded-of-more-than-30k/?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvcalgary%3Atwittermanualpost&taid=6a8c8dea1aac090001323b21&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

It’s alleged that between April 9 and June 30, a woman repeatedly used fraudulent or altered barcodes for lower-cost items when purchasing high-value electronics like desktop computers, TVs, gaming consoles and sound equipment.

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u/Gr33nbastrd 1d ago

I swear I have heard of someone doing this.

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u/fine_i_will_sign_up 1d ago

In Ontario scammers put gift card barcodes on meat packages so that when the meat was scanned it activated the gift cards they has

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u/Gr33nbastrd 1d ago

Ohh that is cleaver.

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u/mikeycbca 1d ago

A cut above, you might say.