Check your grocery receipts

globetraveller

I get so fed up of "warning" emails. They also tend to be ones which are sent to multiple people and I am extremely unhappy having my email visible to others I know nothing about.
I wouldn't worry about being caught out with a cash back you didn't get, as you won't have signed for it anyway.

DCFC79

sorry but this scam or so called scam has never happened to me and probably never will based on the fact i check the amount is the same amount the cashier said plus i have an idea what the total would be in my head.

Can you get cashback on a credit card, i know you can get cash at an atm,

JemJam

Nothing worse than cheap scammy emails!

Helix

Sainsburys checkouts block Cashback on Credit Cards so this is obviously made up.

trisontana

Helix wrote: »

Sainsburys checkouts block Cashback on Credit Cards so this is obviously made up.

Of course it is. If you read the Snopes link you will see that this "warning" originated in the USA and somebody has modified it for the UK.

bluebeary

this is not a snopes thing, this has happened to me also in the past with sainsburys, a good few years ago now, i always watch the keypad these days whatever store i am in

trisontana

bluebeary wrote: »

this is not a snopes thing, this has happened to me also in the past with sainsburys, a good few years ago now, i always watch the keypad these days whatever store i am in

What exactly did happen to you? Was it on a credit-card and were you given a cash-back? as per the above "warning"?

trisontana

It happened to me 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 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.

Look familiar?

nibs

I got this email this week. As soon as i read the first line "I bought a bunch of stuff" I was suspicious that it was an edited email as it sounded American.
Ive also recieved a few chain emails recently which you must forward or else.............
They get deleted straight away :mad:

nellytheelephant

You can't get cashback on a credit card at a till.