Fake CSR steals $17,000 in ipods

[edible_hat]

http://cbs4.com/local/target.fake.clerk.2.645377.html

A guy dressed up as a Target employee and stole a heap of ipods. Apparently he was so good he helped customers too.

[Hon'ya-chan]

And the ironic part....the Manager gave him a promotion!!

This sounds awfully familiar....

http://www.improveverywhere.com/2006/04/23/best-buy/

[PepperElf]

that's the first thing i thought of too
only the best buy pranksters were jsut doing it to be silly and weren't stealing anything

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The management and LP from that store will be getting an ass-chewing, I'm sure.

Although from what I can tell, passing yourself off as a Target employee is really easy--a red shift and khaki pants. At least my store has the company-issued polo shirt.

[mattm04]

Don't they usually keep iPods in a locked case? My local target does.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

My store keeps them in plastic security cases that are opened by an Alpha Key, which is little more than your garden-variety magnet.

Thieves seem to have discovered this-- a couple stores in our district have been having a lot of ipods ganked, with the security cases and/or peghook locks showing no damage or signs of being forced open.

District LP guy who wrote the memo thinks the thieves have an Alpha Key, I think they just have a long magnet. I've got one at home that would open those locks lickety-split.

[Hon'ya-chan]

District LP guy who wrote the memo thinks the thieves have an Alpha Key, I think they just have a long magnet. I've got one at home that would open those locks lickety-split.

The local record shop in the mall actually caught a guy with the handheld key for those Sensormatic Cages for DVD's. Turns out he also stole from us as well. The thief claimed that he got the key online.

A few google searches, and I found a ton of sites.