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Replace barcodes - jjfish - 09-05-2022
I'm new here, so sorry if this common knowledge. Is there a name for this? Couldn't find it on socialengineering.net
- Buy two items that have similar packaging (because of CCTV), not necessarily from the same store. Let's say two GPUs
- Take the expensive item you bought, remove the barcodes
- Take the cheaper item and replace all barcodes on the packaging with the expensive one
- Claim that the wrong product was sent
- When they scan it, it's supposedly is the expensive item
- Get refund
This sounds smart to me as a rookie, is there a logical mistake in there? Would it be possible that an item could get the wrong product coding when it arrives, or is the product coding bulletproof procedure that will likely raise alarms?
RE: Replace barcodes - Nabeshin - 09-05-2022
It's not just a matter of barcode, given the item's box it's clearly easy to see you're sending back the wrong product
RE: Replace barcodes - jjfish - 09-05-2022
The question is whether it's believable that the warehouse did the mistake of putting on the wrong barcode on a similar item. Is that believable? I'm not educated enough on how accurately and systematically the codes are put on.