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It’s the most wonderful time of the year... to be robbed! There has been an uptick in expensive packages being intercepted here in LA.
Rick Markowitz told KTLA that he ordered a laptop online and to be safe, he decided to do in-store pickup instead of having it delivered.
But when he showed up to the Apple store in Sherman Oaks to pick up his new laptop, they told him it had already been picked up!!!
Someone with his name and ID scammed him by beating him to the pickup!
He’s now out $4,000!
After filing a police report, he did his own search online for similar instances and he realized he was the third case in LA in the past month!
Scammers likely hacked the victims’ cell phones, getting the tracking information and potentially making an ID card.
Who’s at fault here? Should the store give him a refund? Typically, it’s the credit card companies that pay the price…and refund the money.
So be careful out there!