Another scam, re: shopping receipts....

Ruby Red · 12-20-2010, 12:47 PM

I just got sent this via e-mail - not sure whether it's genuine or from someone who holds a grudge against Sainsburys supermarkets maybe?, but all the same, I guess it doesn't hurt to check over the receipts carefully.

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CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS BEFORE LEAVING THE CHECK-OUT
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> 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 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.
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> 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?
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> Just to alert everyone. My co worker went to Milford , Sainsburys 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!
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> My co-worker called Sainsburys 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.
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> Please, please, please check your receipts right away when using credit or debit cards!
> This is NOT limited to Sainsburys; they are one of the largest retailers so they have the most incidents.
> I am adding to this. My husband and I were in Sainsburys 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.
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> I wonder how many "seniors" have been, or will be, "stung" by this one????
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> To make matters worse ...THIS SCAM CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE, AT ANY RETAIL OR WHOLESALE LOCATION!!!
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> BEFORE LEAVING THE CHECK-OUT........CHECK YOUR RECEIPT!!!!!
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> THIS COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. CHECK YOUR RECEIPT BEFORE LEAVING THE STAND. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE DO JUST THAT. NOW I'LL START!
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> PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS, KIDS, LOVED ONES.
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Spyglass Sally · 12-20-2010, 12:57 PM

The good news is this is a email rumor, not a real thing. It gets changed depending on locality, but the idea is the same.

However, it is a good idea to check your receipt. Sometimes you find some very interesting things.

Ruby Red · 12-20-2010, 01:27 PM

Thanks Sally, you just never know what is geunine and what isn't these days. I posted it though because tbh, I never really check my receipts properly, my change, yes, but not the receipt, so I guess it's kind of a wake up call on my part really, to be abit more attentive. In the past when I have bothered to check receipts, a few times I have found items that have been rung in twice when I only bought one, very annoying.

I can't BELIEVE that video, oh my goodness.......imagine seeing that on your receipt..........

Erin251 · 12-20-2010, 01:50 PM

im glad its not real, i learned the hard way to check my receipts before i leave the parking lot. this actually happens alot but sometimes a cashier forgets to give me my change back, and sometimes i dont notice if im preoccupied with bran but luckily our store is really nice about it and will let you come back and get it.