just a warning

No doubt some will say not true but just in case


A friend has forwarded this story........

I had 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, Sainsbury’s,
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 Sainsbury’s 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.

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

This is NOT limited to Sainsbury’s; they are one of the largest
retailers so they have the most incidents.

I am adding to this. My husband and I were in Sainsbury’s and paying
with a 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 cancelled it We really didn't
think anything of it until we read this email.


To make matters worse ....THIS SCAM CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE, AT ANY RETAIL OR WHOLESALE LOCATION!!!
BEFORE LEAVING THE CHECK-OUT........CHECK YOUR RECEIPT!!!!!

Pass on to your friends

Re: just a warning

I always check my receipts and was once charged £19.0 for a pack of butter which should have been 90p.

Re: just a warning

Good post Hazel. Hubby uses a calculator as we go around a store, so when we get the bill it should tally with the amount he has added up. If not, we check the receipt immediately before leaving the store. We do this because of mistakes in the past - like being charged twice for an item.

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Thanks for the information Hazel. Sometimes I do things automatically and don't check the amount (I know I should). I had noticed though that in Morrisons they have changed their process when you want cashback and you now have to OK any cashback amount (before entering your pin number if I remember correctly). You then complete the transaction and get your till receipt and cash.

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I always check my receipts since a friend had bought toilet rolls £1.00 not on receipt, but vit e caps, not bought were on receipt £3.99, when queried they knew immediately what it was incorrect bar code had been put in at H/O why was it still on then?? No answer up to H/O. Booths, never shopped there again. So bar code can be wrong one too.

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I 'mostly' check my receipts...but if I'm in a hurry...well But I do check when I have groceries delivered.

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Good advice Hazel, many thanks for the warning...

Re: just a warning

Er - http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cash-back-scam-warning.shtml

It's not true. Always wise to check Hoax Slayer before posting these apparent scare warnings.

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wow thanks for that will look next time we go shoping we have a debit card

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I only usually only buy a basketful of goods at the supermarket and pay with cash and always check my receipt. I have often found discrepancies. I do wonder if those people with trolley loads of goodies ever bother to cross check their goods with their receipts.