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Cash Back Scam

Hi I have just heard there is a new scam about.
check all your reciepts when using your debit and credit cards as cash back is being added to your bill without you asking for it.
A friend emailed me to say that some one had been scammed in a Sainsburys store,£40 had been added to the bill when she tackled the cashier she said the machine must be faulty so check all reciepts where ever you shop.
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  • Gothicfairy
    Gothicfairy Posts: 3,060 Forumite
    There is a race of men that don't fit in; A race that can't stand still;
    So they break the hearts of kith and kin, and roam the world at will.

    Robert Service
  • My friends in the Nigerian Army are waiting for your response this now
  • cyberbob
    cyberbob Posts: 9,480 Forumite
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    Hi I have just heard there is a new scam about.
    check all your reciepts when using your debit and credit cards as cash back is being added to your bill without you asking for it.
    A friend emailed me to say that some one had been scammed in a Sainsburys store,£40 had been added to the bill when she tackled the cashier she said the machine must be faulty so check all reciepts where ever you shop.
    This is an old hoax it's been flying around since 2004. 2 minutes checking on snopes stops you looking silly

    http://www.snopes.com/fraud/atm/cashback.asp
  • Hi thanks Cyberboy ,new to this never heard of snopes before just trying to do folks a favour thanks for the info will not bother to post next time I get a warning email. If we were all as clever as you we wouldn't need a site like this.
  • I trust my Nigerian Army Fiends will have to wait a little longer afore they release their funds
  • Evilm
    Evilm Posts: 1,950 Forumite
    Cashback can't be done on credit cards. Also it will show on the keypad if its been added on a debit card too. If you are paying any attention you should spot it.

    If you'd searched the forum first you would have seen this is the third time this has been posted in a month!
  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Any email that starts with the magic words "please pass this on to all your friends" is guaranteed 100% to be a hoax chain letter which just fills up people's in-boxes.
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
  • Mk14:37
    Mk14:37 Posts: 624 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    thanks for the info will not bother to post next time I get a warning email.

    Thank God, it's good to have such a quick learner join the ranks!
    :)
  • Bamber19
    Bamber19 Posts: 2,264 Forumite
    cyberbob wrote: »
    This is an old hoax it's been flying around since 2004. 2 minutes checking on snopes stops you looking silly

    http://www.snopes.com/fraud/atm/cashback.asp

    Reading the snopes article the jist seems to be that it's not true because cashiers don't initiate cashback, it is the customer and therefore it would be impossible to do this, but that's certainly not the case over here where the cashier asks if you want cashback and then does it all at their end. Is it widespread, no, has it ever happened, I'd suspect it has. Doubt there's an epidemic of it going on though given you'd be caught doing it so easily (by any cameras that are trained on the till and by any customer who will on the balance of probabilities spot that their £25 bill requires £65.
    Bought, not Brought
  • Hi Evilm

    I wish I had the time to search all the forums but as a full time carer I am limited to the time I can spend on the computer,I have more important things to do.
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