Sketchy Dude Hits Up B.C., Ontario, and Alberta Businesses for Mad Cash 💸

The Tea

Okay, so listen up, fam. There's this dude out here wildin', straight up scamming businesses left and right. We're talkin' B.C., Ontario, Alberta – he's been everywhere. His whole MO is messin' with the payment machines to steal money, like, straight up pulling off refund scams instead of actually paying. He's smooth with it too, manipulating the system to think he's getting money back, not spending it. The businesses? They're gettin' cooked.

We're talkin' salons, T-shirt shops, even burger restaurants. This dude ain't picky. And the amounts? Sheesh, just under 5 G's each time, so they don't have to report it to the cops. I know, it's straight up evil. Shop owners are sayin' this is hitting them HARD, especially the small businesses just tryna make a living. Imagine tryna run your small business when some random pulls up and steals all your earnings.

Moneris, the company processing the transactions, was acting all sus about refunding the money at first. Like, "Nah, not our problem." But then the news got involved, and suddenly, they were singing a different tune. Coincidence? I think NOT! Now they are doing the right thing and refunding the stores.

Security experts are dropping some truth bombs, too. They're like, "Yo, change those default settings and passwords when you get your POS systems!" Apparently, those over-the-air software updates could be a vulnerability too, so watch out for that. And one salon owner is saying that surveillance cameras are key for catching these scammers.