Scam

[Shallot Man]

Subject: FW: DON'T IGNORE THESE - CHECK YOUR DEBIT/CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS and PARCEL DELIVERY

>
> CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS BEFORE LEAVING THE CHECK-OUT
>
> 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 Credit card & I wasn't paying interest
> on a 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 & re-scan everything! The second time I looked at the electronic pad
> 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.
>
> Obviously the cashier knew the electronic pad was 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 co worker went to Milford, Sainsbury's 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 co worker 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 co-worker called Sainsbury's 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. This is a new scam going on. The cashier will key in that you asked for cash back and then hand it to her friend who is
> the next person in the queue.
>
> Please, please, please check your receipts right away when using credit or
> debit cards!
> This is NOT limited to Sainsbury's; they are one of the largest retailers
> so they have the most incidents.
>

I am adding to this. My husband and I were in Sainsbury's and paying with
> credit card when my husband went to sign the credit card signer he just
> happen 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 cancelled it. We really didn't think anything of it
> until we read this email.
>
> I wonder how many "seniors" have been, or will be, "stung" by this one????
> >
> To make matters worse ...THIS SCAM CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE, AT ANY RETAIL OR> WHOLESALE LOCATION!!!
>
> BEFORE LEAVING THE CHECK-OUT........CHECK YOUR RECEIPT!!!!!
>
> THIS COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. 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.
>
>

[alan refail]

Shallot Man

I assume this did not happen to you; you just copied it from an e-mail or from the web.

Why are you posting it?

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/atm/cashback.asp

[Shallot Man]

alan refail. My instinct tells me it's one of those story's that do the rounds, but on the other hand

[alan refail]

alan refail. My instinct tells me it's one of those story's that do the rounds, but on the other hand

Hi Shallot Man

If you look at the link I posted, you'll see it's being round since 2004!

All these "round robins" are invented to fool/scare people and get them to pass them on. When you see one, check it on Snopes.

Alternatively just Google a sentence and you will usually find how far the "virus" has spread.

Otherwise look HERE.

[Primrose]

I probably receive at least one of these types of e-mail warnings every week. In the past I used to forward them on thinking they were genuine warnings but now I always check them out first because it turns out that 90% of them are actually hoaxes so I don't want to give the perpetrators the pleasure of knowing that their deeds continue to live on. (Why can't these people use their time to do something more constructive ???)