It's a scam tech could affect anybody buying groceries or just about anything else.
This was at the Kroger on Highway 138 in Conyers. There are two suspects who approached one victim.
“They offered to let her use the employee discount for Kroger,” says Conyers Police Sergeant Kim Lucas, “while they faked completing a transaction at the self check out counter.”
“An employee came up to assist them with that, she was talking to the victim, distracting her, and that's when this couple made off with the victims cash in hand,” Lucas says.
Lucas tells WSB the opportunity for robbery happened when the victim turned away.
Lucas says the employee was not part of the scam, and was simply doing her job by offering to help.
Police do not have any of the reports of similar fifth but, Lucas says, there are, no doubt, more out there.
“Chances are this is not the first time that they've done this,” she says, “ and it won't be the last unless we catch them.”