Subject: Check your receipts

           I Never thought of this one....

CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS BEFORE LEAVING ANY CASHIER'S STATION!!!!!

THIS COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. CHECK YOUR RECEIPT BEFORE LEAVING THE STAND. I'VE
SEEN PEOPLE DO JUST THAT.
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!!!

BEFORE LEAVING THE CASHIER'S STATION!!!!!

THIS COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. CHECK YOUR RECEIPT BEFORE LEAVING THE STAND. I'VE
SEEN PEOPLE DO JUST THAT.
NOW I'LL START!

PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS, KIDS, LOVED ONES

If I might add, when using your bank card in any store, please be sure to cover you pin number/name when punching it in.  We had ours compromised and went to the bank to get it corrected.  The bank told us to be careful of using it in rural areas for gas etc.  

Alternative view:

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