April 16, 2024 - “Just walk out” might have had its day, but the elision of consumer comfort and plausible deniability is alive and well on the high street. Tesco opened its first GetGo store in 2021, promising the same kind of checkout-free convenience as “just walk out” – they now operate stores ...

Answer (1 of 14): There was a guy in France who went and got a X-box from a supermarket Looked at the box weight, (handily printed on the side!) then trotted off and “bought” the same weight of bananas put them back, but kept the sticky label that was to be scanned at the self-checkout, ...

April 4, 2024 - A May 2023 report from The Information revealed the myriad tech problems Amazon was still having with the idea six years after the initial announcement. The report said that "Amazon had more than 1,000 people in India working on Just Walk Out as of mid-2022 whose jobs included manually reviewing ...

June 19, 2025 - Explore self-checkout theft techniques and the best ways to prevent theft, ensuring safer transactions and improved store safety.

February 5, 2016 - Skimmers, which steal credit card numbers, are popping up at grocery store chains, raising new ID-theft risks

November 26, 2023 - A new scam has happened few times recently at the local Waitrose. If the bill at the end seems too high, do check the first few items. People are st

April 17, 2024 - Most self checkout systems include scales to measure the weight of scanned items. However, the variance in weight of many common items at grocery stores means that it is still possible to trick the scale into thinking no extra weight has been added to the bag. The switcheroo is a new form of ...

January 31, 2019 - How common are self-scanning scams? If anonymous online questionnaires are any indication, very common. When Voucher Codes Pro, a company that offers coupons to internet shoppers, surveyed 2,634 people, nearly 20 percent admitted to having stolen at the self-checkout in the past.

3 weeks ago - It’s happening at Michigan self-checkouts—scammers are slipping items onto strangers' bills. I almost got hit with one. Here’s what to watch for.

April 6, 2024 - No one wants to fall victim to a scam, especially one that's avoidable. Here are the details about a grocery store scam and how to protect yourself.

This wasn’t a sudden switch to healthy eating, but rather an indication of a new type of self-checkout fraud. The Banana Trick was originally discovered by grocers as a clever strategy used by shoplifters where a low-priced item, such as a banana, is manually keyed in or scanned while placing ...

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August 18, 2021 - The anonymous Walmart employee revealed that staff actually have a device that lets them "see everything."

April 2, 2024 - Amazon is giving up with its unusual "Just Walk Out" technology, which allowed customers to simply walk out with their stuff.

February 14, 2018 - The first time I strolled away from the self-checkout lane with stolen loot, it was a total accident. The next hundred times were not. I started this journey of grocery store kleptomania as many people do: as an innocent, upstanding citizen. Then one day, a sincere mistake with a defective ...

April 3, 2024 - Amazon is removing its Just Walk Out technology from Fresh grocery stores. This is part of a larger effort to revamp the chain of retail food stores.

February 6, 2025 - According to new reports, a Walmart customer in Spring, Texas has come forward about their recent experience with a new hard-to-spot self-checkout scam. Read on to learn more about this scam and how it may affect your next visit to the store. How Does the Scam Work?

November 15, 2024 - Officials have been forced to issue an urgent warning over a sophisticated new self-checkout scam stealing customers credit cards.