The Banana Trick Is Only One Type of Self-Checkout Fraud
The banana trick belongs to a broader category of techniques used to manipulate self-checkout systems.
Another example is barcode switching, where a cheaper item’s barcode is used instead of the barcode belonging to a more expensive product.
There is also the practice of simply failing to scan an item.
Retailers have developed different names for these behaviors, but the basic problem is the same: the transaction records something different from what actually leaves the store.
