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[Roger-hatchy]

Just been sent this, how true I can't say






Don'y know if this is true, but worth watching anyhow.

ANOTHER SCAM

I bought a bunch of stuff, over £150, I glanced at my receipt as the cashier was handing me the bags and 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. She then called her niece who works for the bank and her niece told her 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.

Please, please, please check your receipts right away when using credit or debit cards!

This is NOT limited to just Sainsburys; they are one of the largest retailers so they have the most incidents.

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!!!

BEFORE LEAVING THE CHECK-OUT........CHECK YOUR RECEIPT!!!!!

[Nic Jarman]

Thanks Roger, I will watch out for that one.
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1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
Dax Rush

[Peter_L]

Well it would appear that "Snopes" thinks that the scam story is false.

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/atm/cashback.asp

Cash Back is quite a common thing over here, not just for credit card but also our "Interac" bank account payment system. The screen that requests our Pin#, first asks us if we want "Cash Back". and we have to press a button. Then enter the amount and click OK. When the electronic elves have run back and forth to confirm that we actually have enough sheckells to cover the total amount, the cashier will hand us the cash.

Then we have to sign the portion of the bill where it says we have accepted the cash and the cashier hands it back to us.

So if we get home and find we have $40 cash back on the bill and there is no signature, then we can unlock the gun cupboard and run back to the store.

If we get home and there is no $40 in the sporran, or tucked in one's bra, and there is our signature on the bill, we either unlock the gun cupboard, or reach for the excuse book, or both.

[Salopian]

[quote) and there is no $40 in the sporran, or tucked in one's bra .[/quote]

I spent a year or two in Canada in my youth and even worked for The Bay briefly. Its a great country but do people really wear both these items together?!!!
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Jonathan Butler
Alvis SD 12/50 1928 MG TD 1950

[Riley Blue]

Urban myth - totally bogus, there is no Sainsburys at Milford.

[Peter_L]