PS: one more comment on this. Ed, and others, since I work in the
restaurante/bar business in Houston, in the last few years 'skimming' has been a
real problem. Have fired some people for scamming with skimmers. You can buy
skimmers anywhere but with nomadic turnover in bar business real problem.
You go to pay your bill with credit card and waiter or waitress skims your
card easily, here is a dummies guid to skimming with actors but you get the idea
how it takes seconds and within minutes can be uploaded and fake credit card or
gift card is made and it is time to go shopping!
The big problem right now in Houston is ATM skimmers. People put these
inside the slot in aTM machines and you don't even know it technology so good!
so real problem when people use credit cards if not careful and even if
careful scammers are always one step ahead of game.
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Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:14
PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Not AMC
but worth knowing
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Thanks. Unless the amount seems way out a line I just give my
receipt a quit glance and go on. I bet I look for this from now
on.
From:
Ed Veneck <edveneck@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject:
[BaadAssGremlins] Not AMC but worth knowing
To: "Gremlin list"
<BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 7:03 PM
Beware
of this new scam during the Holidays. . . .
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. 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, 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 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
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 credit card when my husband wen 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.
I wonder how many "seniors" or
others 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!!! |
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