Five card skimmers are installed at four different Walmart stores in Guildford County.
Greensboro Police are confident they will be able to find the people who placed these skimmers on registers throughout Guildford County.
I learned today that police found three card skimmers at two Walmart stores in Greensboro.
Two were found at the Wendover Avenue Walmart register and one was found at Battleground Avenue Walmart.
Two were at the self checkout counter and one was at the tobacco counter checkout.
So far, five skimmers have been found at Walmart stores in Guildford County, including two at High Point.
All devices were installed on the same day, November 18, 2022.
Detective Joseph Khalil said the devices are Bluetooth enabled.
That means the responsible person has to go back to the store to download the stolen information.
Busy stores make such skimmers even harder to find.
“It’s a bluetooth skimmer, but if you go to Walmart and try to scan for bluetooth devices, it will detect hundreds of bluetooth devices. This may work with gas pumps, but if you’re using any other device In a store with a lot of people, I wouldn’t really count on that,” Khalil said.
Walmart says it has additional security measures in place, including daily registration inspections.
According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 200 to 300 people have had their benefits stolen so far, totaling hundreds of dollars.
The state is working with the federal government to find out if stolen benefits will be refunded.
According to police, the best way to protect yourself is to monitor your account.
If you see anything suspicious, please report it to the police.
This is the only police force that can trace who was affected and where the fraud may have originated.
