JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for December 01, 2013
November 30, 2013
December 02, 2013
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Marcy, when ate we going to get our holiday shopping done? As soon as theres a break in ou schedules. Ah! I see a break at 3AM! Thats when I do laundry! Theres a new scam at retail outlets.... crooked cashiers are pocketing the cash when customers are asked if they "want cash back" If you say, "No thanks" they key it in anyway. The money is then handed over yo an accomplice in line right behind you. Oh my! So, be sure to stand right at checkout and read receipts! and be aware of a person with no purchases behind you i line. On tube of toothpaste? are you serious?
Had an incident at a thrift store, where the swipe machine did not process the card, and we had to do it twice… we were told that it (the total transaction) would only go through the one time… it went through twice. Had we not been on the lookout for that particular transaction, it could have been assumed that it was something else… the bank would have paid it out twice, and the store would have gotten it twice… – While it (the "Cash back scam) may not happen regularly , it doesn’t mean that it or similar scams aren’t happening at all …scams are still out there, and they’re not going to operate in a way to try to make themselves conspicuous… it’s the once in a while that makes them happen….