Subject: FW: Check your receipts esp. Wal-Mart!
> > Be
> > careful and read your receipts….
> > OMG! YES! THIS
> > IS
> > TRUE! It happened to me 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. 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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent:
> > Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:50 PM
> >
> > Subject: Check your receipts
> >
> > .
> >
> >
> > This could
> > probably happen at any store where they will give
> > you cash back so be
> > cautious.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Just to
> > alert everyone. My co worker went to Milford
> > DE Walmart 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
> > Walmart 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. There is a scam going on. The
> > cashier will ask for
> > cash back and hand it to her friend who is the next
> > person in
> > line. Please, Please, please check your
> > receipts right away
> > when using debit cards. The store has the cashier
> > under investigation
> > now. We can only pray that she is caught very
> > soon.
> >
> >
>
> >
> > I am
> > adding to this. My husband and I were in
> > WalMart North Salisbury
> > and paying with 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 canceled
> > it. We really didn't think anything of it
> > until we read this
> > email. Please be aware