personal security - Cash Back Receipt Scam

From: joeb Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Subject: CASH BACK SCAM

Subject: Cash Back -BEWARE OF YOUR RECEIPTS   Not only Wal-Mart .... any cashier that didn't know about this before will know it now. Cheats will find a way.........I bet we all start paying more attention.   From a retired cop. That "cash back"  button is too easy......It is usually on the bottom line  of receipts...I'll sure be reading mine closely before I leave the store.   This is important..  Make sure you read it!!! This happened at Wal-Mart   (Supercenter Store #1279, 10411 N Freeway 45, Houston , TX 77037 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...  The Supervisor came & also 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 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 , 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 co worker didn't look at her receipt until later that night. The receipt showed that she asked for $60 cash back.  SHE DID NOT ASK FOR CASH BACK!   My co-worker 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... 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 line behind you just waiting to collect the money placed on your credit card.   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. Make sure you select NO CASH BACK and look at the receipt before you leave the line.  And if you do happen to ask for cash back make sure the amount you asked for matches what's on the receipt.   I am adding to this. My husband and I were in  Wal-Mart North Salisbury 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????   BE AWARE . . . THIS SCAM CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE, AT ANY RETAIL OR WHOLESALE LOCATION!!!

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