Credit cards users, please beware.......!!
CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS BEFORE LEAVING THE CHECK-OUT
They do not automatically hand you a receipt anymore if the sale is under $30. You
must ask for it
An associate bought a heap of stuff the other day while on holidaying in Melbourne (over $450), & when he glanced at his receipt as
the cashier was handing him the bags. He saw cash out of $20.
He told her he didn't request any cash and to delete it. She said he'd have to
take the $20 because she couldn't delete it.
He told her to call a supervisor. Supervisor came and said he'd have to take
it. He said “NO Bloody way!”
Because taking the $20 would be a “cash advance” against his Credit card and he
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 and re-scan
everything!
The second time he looked at the electronic pad before he pinned in his number
and again cash-back of $20 popped.
At that point he told the cashier and she deleted it. The total then came out
right.
The cashier said that the Electronic Pad must be defective. Obviously the
cashier knew the electronic pad was defective because she NEVER offered him any
cash after either of the transactions.
Can you imagine how many people went through before him and by the end of her
shift how much money she pocketed?
His wife went into a “Coles Warehouse” 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 the receipt and the cashier seemed annoyed but gave it to
her.
She didn't look at her receipt until later that night when back at their Hotel.
The receipt showed that she had asked for $20 cash.
SHE DID NOT ASK FOR ANY CASH, NOR WAS SHE GIVEN IT!
So she called “Coles” who investigated but could not see the cashier pocket the
money.
When back in NZ they then spoke with a friend who works for one of the banks;
they told them that this was a “new scam” that was bound to come to NZ, especially
around Christmas time.
The cashier will key in that you asked for cash and then hand it to one of her
friends when they next come through the check-out queue.
This is NOT limited to Coles; they are just one of the largest retailers so
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!!!
IT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. CHECK YOUR RECEIPT BEFORE LEAVING THE CHECK-OUT.
........ CHECK YOUR RECEIPT!!!!!
I've since seen people do just that….. SO NOW START!
PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS, KIDS, LOVED-ONES - let’s not get ripped off.