Another Scam for Christmas

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I recieved this in an e-mail and thought I would pass it on.


Kevin :(

'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 , Sainsburys 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 Sainsburys 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.
 
I hate scams just as much as the next fellow to know that they are..I was on an Ebay like website just to browse..I figured I would go for a trial period of a few days..about an hour a CC charge showed up online and man was I pissed..I went on the site and went to live chat and the rep told me they deleted my account..thus the money was NOT reverted so I called my bank and needed to cancel my CC and my bank made an investigation so everything would make sense and everything went in my favor..the bank CS lady did say I was the 15th person to call about this aweful site.. :cool:

Blades
 
Good looking out. I'm anal like that always look at my receipts plus if available I go to self-service lane. Less people no hassle.

Blades said:
I hate scams just as much as the next fellow to know that they are..I was on an Ebay like website just to browse..I figured I would go for a trial period of a few days..about an hour a CC charge showed up online and man was I pissed..I went on the site and went to live chat and the rep told me they deleted my account..thus the money was NOT reverted so I called my bank and needed to cancel my CC and my bank made an investigation so everything would make sense and everything went in my favor..the bank CS lady did say I was the 15th person to call about this aweful site.. :cool:

Blades

What site was this so we know to avoid?
 
Make me laugh these tales :D
Remember a bloke telling me once how his mate had gone on the piss and awoke covered in blood by the side of the A1..minus a kidney.. :lol: The best bit was the bloke was 100% convinced it was true..Despite me telling him id heard the same story about 20 times..
 
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