Three Men Steal More Than $38K in Apple Products from a Chesapeake Walmart & Get Away in a Dark Pickup Truck

Three men steal more than $38K of Apple products from Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia on January 4, 2024 around 10:40 p.m. One of the men distracts a Walmart sales associate while two other men pry open caged lockers containing "a large amount of Apple products." They fled through the employee break room and drove away in a dark pickup truck.

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Three Men Steal More than $38K of Apple Products from Virginia Walmart

WAVY 10 News reported that three men stole over $38K worth of Apple products on January 4, 2024, around 10:40 p.m. One of the men distracts a Walmart sales associate while two other men pry open caged lockers containing "a large amount of Apple products." They fled through the employee break room and drove away in a dark pickup truck.

This theft took place at the Walmart located at 632 Grassfield Parkway in Chesapeake, Virginia, and was captured on their surveillance camera. This is a busy road in Chesapeake.

A Chesapeake deputy working part-time witnessed the three men get into a dark pickup and speed off.

Stealing more than $1,000 of goods in the state of Virginia is a felony, which is punishable by up to 20 years in state prison, and because they used a tool, this is also considered a felony, which could add an additional 5 years of prison time to their sentence.

WAVY 10 News reported that local residents were shocked, as they "have never seen anything like this happen at that Walmart before."

 

Chesapeake resident Tim Pickett said:

“The people that walked in and stole this amount of money out of Apple products, I don’t understand how that was — people watching them do that and how that was allowed,” Pickett said. “And then watching the segment on WAVY 10 last night, I saw they went out the employees’ entrance. So I was stunned for, like, how that happens in our neighborhood.”

Apple iTunes Phishing Scam Email about App Purchases Made by a Minor

Apple iTunes gift card

Email from Apple iTunes about App Purchases Made by a Minor:

Dear iTunes account owner,

Apple is committed to providing parents and kids with a great experience on the App Store. We review all app content before allowing it on our store, provide a wide range of age-appropriate content, and include parental controls in iOS to make it easy for parents to restrict or disable access to content.

We’ve heard from some customers that it was too easy for their kids to make in-app purchases. As a result, we’ve improved controls for parents so they can better manage their children’s purchases, or restrict them entirely. Additionally, we are offering refunds in certain cases.

Our records show that you made some in-app purchases, and if any of these were unauthorized purchases by a minor, you might be eligible for a refund from Apple.

Please follow the steps below to submit a refund request:

• Find your in-app purchase records. Check your email for iTunes receipts or use a computer to sign in to your iTunes account and view your Purchase History.

• Use this link to submit your refund request to Apple.

• Provide the requested information and enter “Refund for In-App Purchases made by a minor” in the Details section.

Apple will review your request and contact you via email about your refund status. All refundrequests must be submitted no later than April 15, 2015.

If you have any questions or need further assistance with your refund request, please contact Apple.

To learn more about parental controls in iOS, please see this article.

Thank you.

App​le Note from Blog Post Author: Never click on any links contained within an email. Legitimate companies will not encourage you to visit their website with a link via an email. Links in the above email message have been removed for your safety. This email from Apple in regards to purchases through iTunes looks very suspicious as being a phishing scam email. Do not enter your credentials into any website claiming to be from Apple. Image credit: Flickr Creative Commons; by mightykenny --------------------------------------------------------------------- App Store Email Scam #2 Subject line: RE; [ Confirmation Purchase ] [ App Store ] : Your payment has been submitted and being process [ Thank You ] Monday, October 29, 2018. Dear ! Customer,    Thank you for your shopping on iTunes App Store! Merchant Name: iTunes Store! Amount: $12.99 More details about your transaction are included as attached file PDF in this mail. Thank you for using our service.  Thanks, Apple. Support screenshot below: Editor's note: Never click on or open any attachments on scam emails, even if they appear to be harmless.