Hi Mobes,
Snopes.com to the
rescue;
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/clear.asp
You can't beat snopes for checking out
internet legends.
Another "Just in
case."
Most of us use credit/debit cards at the gas pump. With the price of gas and people getting
desperate, this is likely to occur more often.
Please be careful out there!
A co-worker used her credit/debit
card to purchase gas at the pump (like most of us do). She received her receipt like normal. However, when she
checked her statement, there were two $50 charges added in addition to her purchase.
Upon investigation, she
found out that because she did not press the 'CLEAR' button on the pump, the employee Inside the store was able to
use her card to purchase his/her own gas!
To keep this from happening, after you get your receipt, you must
press the 'CLEAR' button or your information will be stored until the next customer inserts their card. Be sure to
tell all your family and friends so that this doesn't happen to them!
Never argue with ignorant people! They pull you down to THEIR level, and then they BEAT YOU with experience. Who said that!? I don't know, but tis gold I tell'ya!!
Hi Mobes,
Snopes.com to the
rescue;
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/clear.asp
You can't beat snopes for checking out
internet legends.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
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There *have* been supposedly legit
reports of people getting a suprise at the pump. Some will set the nozzle to fill while they walk into the store
part to buy something. In the meantime the guy on the other side of the pump "borrows" their hose and fills his own
tank while they are gone, then leaves, sticking them with the total bill.
There was also some legit security
video footage that shows people prying open the pump (out of sight of the attendant) and supposedly manipulating
something inside (they don't say what) that lets them pump gas without charge. Showed up on TV newscast so this
story *may* have some truth to it.
Another tidbit was a TV report on people who drive into Mexico to fill up.
Seems gasoline is subsidized there and is about half the price of US gas. Showed how people had outfitted their
vehicles with auxilliary tanks (eg in the bed of a pickup). I can see it now... someone digging a tunnel under the
border not to smuggle people, but lay a gasoline supply pipe...
The opposite of love isn't hate.
It's apathy.
Just my two cents, I've worked in
the banking industry for too long now!
But really, if it all possible never use an ATM/Debit card at a gas pump,
you wouldn't believe the horror stories out there from 1,000's of folks every month that have these kind of things
happen to them and worse!
Always use a credit card at a gas pump, and if you don't have a credit card, walk into
the place and swipe your debit card inside and get your receipt...Paying at the pump with a debit card is really
asking for trouble if you use something that is directly connected to your primary checking account!!!
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