There’s no doubt about it, friends…

Scammers are everywhere!

But there is some good news: once in a while, they get what’s coming to them.

The customer in the story you’re about to read is pretty clever, but the employees are one step ahead!

Check out what happened in the story below!

Scummy thief “customer” comes in for a “refund.”

“Setting: Grocery store.

Me: Customer service desk worker

Him: thief who thought he was SUPER smart.

Now, on to the story.

This guy was hanging around the front door and came in to shop after I had punched in for the day. He had been shopping and then walked out and hung out by the door some more. He then would come back inside and walk around.

He was sketchy…

The guy looked like Aaron Paul on drugs so we were watching him from where we were.

He came back inside with his purchases and said he needed to return the stuff because his ride wasn’t coming and he needed to take an Uber and couldn’t take the stuff with him.

He pulls out some receipt he had and starts unloading the stuff on to the desk.

I checked the date and time on the receipt and it was from today.

Sorry, dude…

I scan the receipt and started scanning his stuff. I get to the end and told him the total that would be refunded and hit Process. The papers started to print out and he held out his hand, thinking he was getting cash, and instead I drop a credit slip into his hand.

The look on his face was priceless.

My coworker had searched through the receipt records and found out that he had purchased the stuff with his EBT card and tried to return it for cash with a receipt he dug out of the trash.

They pulled video and saw some older ladies throw the receipt in the trash and saw him pick it out and went and purchased the stuff on that receipt with his EBT card.

We lost the money from the stuff he bought and someone got some free stuff but he hasn’t been back since.”

They were clever to catch onto what that thief was trying to do.

Take a look at what folks had to say on Reddit.

This person chimed in.

Another reader shared their thoughts.

This individual spoke up.

Another Reddit user weighed in.

And this person had a lot to say.

That backfired on the customer in spectacular fashion!

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