[GCARC] FW: Cash back scam

[Ray W2RM]

            Read and be alert…….

Beware… 


Shopping Season...a reminder of things to come,

PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR RECEIPTS - THIS IS IMPORTANT
WITH THE CHRISTMAS SEASON COMING UP THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. PLEASE PASS 
THIS ALONG!!!!!
CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS BEFORE LEAVING ANY CASHIER'S STATION!!!!!

THIS COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE.

It happened at a Wal-Mart Supercenter a month ago.

I bought a bunch of stuff, over $150, & I glanced at my receipt as the 
cashier was handing me the bags. I saw a cash-back of $40. I told her I 
didn't request a cash back & to delete it.   She said I'd have to take the 

  $40 because she couldn't delete it. I told her to call a supervisor.

Supervisor came & said I'd have to take it! I said NO! Taking the $40 would 
be a cash advance against my Discover & I wasn't paying interest on the cash 
advance!!!!! If they couldn't delete it then they would have to delete the 
whole order.  So the supervisor had the cashier delete the whole order & rescan 
everything!

The second time I looked at the electronic tab before I signed & a cash-back 
of $20 popped up. At that point I told the cashier & she deleted it.

The total came out right. the cashier agreed that the electronic pad must be 
defective. (yeah, right!)

Obviously the cashier knew the electronic pad wasn't defective because she 
NEVER offered me the $40 at the beginning.   Can you imagine how many 

people went through before me & at the end of her  shift how much money 

she pocketed?

Just to alert everyone. My coworker went to Milford, DE Wal-Mart last week. 
She had her items rung up by the cashier. The cashier hurried her along and 
didn't give her a receipt.

She asked the cashier for a receipt and the cashier was annoyed and gave it 
to her. My coworker didn't look at her receipt until later that night. The receipt 
showed that she asked for $20 cash back. SHE DID NOT ASK FOR CASH 

BACK!

My coworker called Wal-Mart who investigated but could not see the cashier 
pocket the money. She then called her niece who works for the bank and her 
niece told her This is a new scam. The cashier will key in that you asked 
for cash back and then hand it to her friend who is the next person in line.

Please, please, please check your receipts right away when using credit or 
debit cards!

This is NOT limited to Wal-Mart, although they are the largest retailer so 
they have the most incidents.

I am adding to this.... My husband and I were in Wal-Mart North Salisbury 
and paying with a credit card. When my husband went to sign the credit card 
signer, he just happened to notice there was a $20 cash back added. He told 
the cashier that he did not ask nor want cash back and she said this machine 
has been messing up and she canceled it.
We didn't think anything of it until we read this email.

I wonder how many customers have been, or will be, "stung" by this one????

THIS SCAM CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE, AT ANY RETAIL OR WHOLESALE LOCATION!!!

BEFORE LEAVING THE CASHIER'S STATION!!!!!
CHECK YOUR RECEIPT
BEFORE LEAVING THE STAND. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE DO JUST THAT. NOW I'LL START!

PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS, KIDS, LOVED ONES

 
 
 

 

 



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