Please Check Your Receipts when making a purchase

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Friends of mine have been stung by this so watch your receipts at any retail outlet!!! Some stores do not automatically hand you a receipt any more if the sale is under $30. You must ask for it. This is now happening in NZ Supermarkets now if your purchases are under $30.00. I was asked this at Countdown this week.

An associate bought a heap of stuff the other day while on holiday 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.........

I've since seen people do just that... SO NOW I'LL START! PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS, KIDS, LOVED ONES - let's not get ripped off.

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