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Date Posted: 11:43:53 11/27/09 Fri
Author: Anonymous
Subject: Please read-Miss Bridgette



- Scam Alert




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Subject: Neighborhood Watch--- Scam Alert

Hello everyone,
This is not an indictment of Wal-Mart. This can happen at any store if
you use your debit or credit card. With the come of the holiday shopping
season, this is a great reminder to take the time to check our receipts, make
sure we get our credit cards back, and just try to slow down and be aware
in a time where we are all in a hurry and a little stressed out.
Stay safe, keep looking out for your neighbors and call the police about
suspicious activity!!
Officer Ron Francis
Officer Jeff Wamboldt
Kenosha Police Department

A SCAM BEING CARRIED ON BY STORE CLERKS
It happened at Wal-Mart 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 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 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 cancelled it. We really didn't think anything of it until we
read this email.

THIS SCAM CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE, AT ANY RETAIL OR WHOLESALE LOCATION!!!

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