After my recent post on the “mystery shoplifter” scam, I heard from several shoppers who said that they had been offered assignments from reputable companies that required them to steal. Some said that they refused the assignments because they were afraid that they would be caught and might be arrested—or at least embarrassed.
These assignments have varying requirements, but many of them involve shopping at a grocery store, placing an item on the bottom of the cart and waiting to see if the cashier rings it up. In some scenarios shoppers are told to leave the store with the item, even if they haven’t paid for it.
So is it stealing? Continue Reading