Load Mover Tip
This tip is PERFECT for T@rget. The hauls you can achieve using this tip will land you a felony if caught, so be quick and be careful.
This tip is a more complex version of disguising yourself as a worker. You not only have to wear the store uniform, but you have to play the role of a load mover. Anyone know what that is? They are the people who move inventory from the truck into the store. You’ll see them pushing those large freight carts full of boxes in T@rget, setting them nearby an isle, then other lower level workers will come unpack those boxes.
Ever see those doors in T@rget that say “employee only”? Well, these doors are where the cargo loaders enter in/out of frequently. My friends, as a former worker -these are where bulky and expensive items are stored. It is a TREASURE trove. Walk in confidently and take it in. Some stores will put flat screen Tvs in here. On any given day you’ll find couches, futons, baby strollers, makeup, keyboards, etc. Also stored here are items they are planning on stocking in the future. You’ll see a cart with the isle number and date it is to be placed. If there’s any item that is about to be released, it is going to be stored behind one of these employee only doors.
Careful, because there ARE cameras inside to catch employee theft. They’re not watched as much, but they exist.
Now, please know most cargo movers delivering loads usually come very early morning or very late at night. Pulling off this tip will probably arouse the least suspicion during opening hour.
Onto the steps! Remember, follow them down to every last detail and you WILL be rewarded to the tune of thousands of dollars.
One last thing! This is a high stakes crime. It’s up there with bank robberies and ATM heists. Only attempt if you are intelligent and have the capacity to perform under pressure and articulate every last detail.
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1. Get a uniform. You know what it looks like: T@rget is khakis, sneakers and a red polo. Nametags help, but aren’t a complete tell-all. This step is one of the easiest. T@rget doesn’t issue out shirts themselves, so variations in khakis and red polos are common. If your uniform looks slightly different, it won’t arouse suspicion.
2. DISGUISE YOUR APPEARANCE. I cannot emphasize this enough!! Lifting over $500 means possible JAIL time if caught. Disguising yourself isn’t too hard. Think wigs, facial hair, cross dressing to become a different gender..even race! It’s all possible today with makeup and FTX. ****important*** be COMFORTABLE and CONFIDENT in your new appearance. Yeah, if you’re a girl lifter dressing as a dude- you might feel self conscious and you might believe EVERYONE is staring at you or everyone knows. These days, gender is such a mystery, they will honestly just not give a fuck and ignore you. But be sure to practice your disguise and wear it around your home before leaving for public. Be comfortable in it like it’s your own real skin.
2. If you’re driving, you gotta cover up your license plate somehow. If your haul exceeds $500 it is a FELONY (in most states, please look up your bylaws.) LP will DEFINITELY trace the theft back to you, and will look at parking lot cameras. It’s easy for them to get a plate #. Please cover it up to avoid police. My favorite and most inconspicuous way to cover my plate # is to get some leaves and superglue. Pull over in an unsurveillanced area very close to the store and superglue a bunch of leaves right on your plate (front and back). Make it look as natural as possible, and make a pile near the bumper too, not JUST on the letters and numbers. You can even let a half of a number or letter show. Don’t let a full number or letter show though, because police can sometimes trace a vehicle to an owner with just make/model and a single character taken from the plates.
2. Collect large, empty cardboard boxes. Tape them up to make it look like they contain goods.
3. The day has come. Put on uniform, then disguise. Go to the store parking lot early in the morning and get a card. Quickly- unload the empty bulky boxes into the shopping cart.
4. Wheel the cart full of boxes into the store. Be CHARMING and CONFIDENT. Wave at employees, say good morning. Say they’ve been expecting a load.
**Note: use the word LOAD. That is T@rget lingo. You can probably get away with “cargo” too, but the most commonly used word there is load. (i.e., I’m getting a load, we’re in for a load today boys, we’ve been expecting Wednesday’s load)**
5. Once you’ve secured entry into the store, wheel it to any section of the store. Go towards the walls, look for those big flappy doors with plastic windows that say employee only.
6. Push through one of the doors. Act like you’re looking for a certain area in the employee only section. The items in there are organized with white sheets of paper, denoting isle number and product #. Of course you won’t know what these numbers mean, but mutter to yourself, scratch your chin, and act like you are looking for the “correct” area to unload this cart full of goods.
7. You’re not truly looking for the “correct” area to unload, actually. What you as a lifter are looking for are the items you want to take out of the store. Once you see a product you want to steal in masse, start unloading your fake boxes of goods.
8. Do a switch. Stack your empty boxes and then grab the item off the stack and place them in your cart.
9. Once you’ve ditched the empty boxes and loaded up on real items, time to GTFO.
10. Walk casually, even get out a pen and paper as if you’re doing inventory.
11. Since you’re not a real employee, you will have to exit out the main entrance of the store. This can be sus, but with the uniform, it pretty much shields any questions away.
12. Get out the door immediately; and get to your car. Load your goods up and GTFO.
13. Drive to an empty, unsurveilled parking lot and remove leaves from your license plate. You don’t want to get pulled over with 20 baby strollers in your trunk because you forgot to uncover your plates.
14. Go home, wait at least a month before boosting any of the items. DO NOT list items on Craigslist or EBay.
15. Do not go back to the store with the same car or same appearance again. If your haul was big enough, they WILL know you and they will always have you in the back of their minds.
Happy lifting, good luck.
Personally, my aunt Higgith and I are great testimonials for this type of haul. Higgith acts like my older boss, while I act like a subservient worker. She acts like she’s directing me around the store and gives me tips. Having a partner can be calming and helpful. Successful heists included 6 flat screen TVS at once ($4,200) up to 20 car seats or baby strollers ($2,200), a few futons ($325), TONS of makeup they didn’t stock yet..we just filled our empty boxes with it. I don’t even have a total for that. If each item were sold in store the value could’ve been $2,000.
