This morning I received the email that I pasted below. I’m doing this because IT MAKES ME MAD and because I don’t want this to happen to anyone, especially all of you special people that read my blog. It’s a shame that the world we live in has come to this and that we have to be careful of the food and products we buy but also careful of who we buy from. ARE YOU AS MAD AS I AM????? Here’s the email my special friend sent to me:
Subj: A big scam
JUST IN CASE. I KNOW THIS DOES HAPPEN HOPEFULLY NOT TO YOU. PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR RECEIPTS – THIS IS IMPORTANT
WITH THE CHRISTMAS SEASON COMING UP THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. PLEASE PASS THIS CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS BEFORE LEAVING ANY CASHIER’S STATION!!!!! THIS COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. It happened at Wal-Mart (Supercenter Store #1279, I bought a bunch of stuff, over $150, & I glanced at my receipt as the She said I’d have to take the $40 because she couldn’t delete it. I told Supervisor came & said I’d have to take it! I said NO! Taking the $40 So the supervisor had the cashier delete the whole order & re-scan The second time I looked at the electronic pad before I signed & a The total came out right. The cashier agreed that the electronic pad must Obviously the cashier knew the electronic pad wasn’t defective because she Can you imagine how many people went through before me & at the end of her Just to alert everyone. My coworker went to Milford , DE Wal-Mart last 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 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. wonder how many “seniors” 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 RECEIPTBEFORE LEAVING THE STAND. I’VE SEEN PEOPLE DO JUST THAT. NOW I’LL START! If this is happening during the holidays, it probably happens everyday!! — |
Whew! Thanks for the warning. We have trouble with wait staff not giving us back the CHANGE when we pay for cash. We get the dollars not the change.
We have to be on the look out for everything now!
Linda
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It’s the truth!!! Not much we can do about but watch and call them on everything. I’m even going to start telling the store managers from now on. If they want our business they’ll do something about it.
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Wow, this is scary. I can see how a scammer could be very effective with this. Thanks for the warning!
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