New potential scam out there

I'm not sure when this started but it sounds legit......

Heads up on a new scam if you use your pin with your credit card or debit card.
CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS BEFORE LEAVING ANY CASHIER'S STATION!!!!!
THIS COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. CHECK YOUR RECEIPT BEFORE LEAVING THE STAND.
PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS, KIDS, LOVED ONES.
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 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. (yeah, right!)
Obviously the cashier knew the electronic pad wasn't 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 coworker 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 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 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.
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 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!!!
THIS COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. CHECK YOUR RECEIPT BEFORE LEAVING THE STAND.

Thanks Joe.

Appreciate the tip.

good to no joe , wife also said with these new electronic checks at the regs , make sure your total matches what u purchased , once ya sign and hit ok , its the same scam as the one u just posted

Hey Joe,
I have received a lot of e-mails over the years similar to the one here. I go to truthorfiction.com first and/or snopes.com and 95% of the time they are fiction. Couldn't find out about this one but it could be new and just has not made the "New" list.
Very helpful and interesting website
http://www.truthorfiction.com/

Dave

Thanks Dave. I usually look these up as well but I got this one through the Navy's e-mail and it sounded plausible.

Thanks Joe. Eyes Wide Open!

Wow Joe. Thanks for the heads up. I'm amazed there are people like this out there. Pretty disgusting. We will definately be watching out for this. I usually don't look at receipts. But I will now.

Scum!

Thanks Joe.

If only those people would put their energy into being a " Productive Member of The Human Race ". Until then- MORE EXECUTIONS ! --------

The jail is full of repeaters. Insanity-doing the same thing over and expecting a different result. 6 to go.

I did notice that Wal-mart now asks on the screen if you want cash back or not. That may be in response to this issue. I think it is pretty old.

jaarch wrote:I did notice that Wal-mart now asks on the screen if you want cash back or not. That may be in response to this issue. I think it is pretty old.

I think your right Joe