Shopping Ellis County

Recently I received an email from a friend who thought she was warning me against some dishonest dealing coming from Walmart Cashiers.  We checked this information on www.snopes.com and found it to be False and a Lie! There seems to be a lot of misinformation being spread around as fact via the internet these days.

The Statements range from from sales scams like this to malicious accusations about  presidents , movie stars, politicians and even important legislation.  Before forwarding something of this nature, please perform a little Due-Diligence and check it out to see if the information is TRUE. This email was total made up and was False.

Below is a copy of the email that I received June 2009. Again the statements in the email are totally False and were made up!

It happened at Wal-Mart (Supercenter)


Store #1279, 10411 N Freeway 45, Houston,TX 77037  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 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 North Salisbury 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.                          

I wonder how many people 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!!!