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

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]It 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. Supervisor came & said I'd have
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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 [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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 [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]you imagine how many people went through before me & at the end of her shift how much money she pocketed?[/FONT]

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 $20 cash back.



[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]SHE DID NOT ASK FOR CASH BACK![/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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.[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]

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 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 canceled 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 .......
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]THIS SCAM CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE, AT ANY RETAIL OR WHOLESALE LOCATION!!! [/FONT][/FONT]


:angel:Knowledge IS Growth...Education IS The Key~~~
 
Hmm...well I can tell you that at least at Target, when the guest asks for cash back or hits it accidentally, it prompts the cashier to give you the amount before the receipt prints out. So the register opens after the cashier hits continue and the receipt prints out. There are cameras above the register and a cashier would be very stupid to try to pocket money when a register is opened. They would get fired.

Also there is no way for a cashier at Target to select a cash back amount from the computer. They would have to reach over and select it on the card reader.
 
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