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Acquaintance Running A Scam?

Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:13 am
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
139098 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:13 am
This person asked for any Walmart receipts I had for over $20. I gave them one receipt and then I said the rest is on the Walmart savings catcher app. This person then started blowing up my phone wanting me to send them pics of the receipt on the savings catcher app. After googling this, I noticed other possible scams. Am I being scammed? Is Walmart?

*This person specifically asked for cash receipts said they didn't want a receipt that was paid for with a card.

What I found from google:

Scenario 1

-Person A purchases a $300 knife set.
-Person B grabs a duplicate knife set, and puts it in a secluded location within the store, then texts the other to let them know where it is.
-Person A puts the knife set in their car, then returns to the store, and heads over to the location where the second set is.
-Person A returns the second knife set for a full refund, keeping the original.

Scenario 2

-Person A purchases an item.
-Person B takes the duplicate item and hides it in a mutual location.
-Person A walks over and switches out their purchased one for the non-purchased.
-Person A returns the item to the counter, without the receipt, stating "I lost the receipt, but you just saw me here". They get a full refund.
-Person B uses the receipt and returns the purchased one a few days later to avoid suspicion. He would make it out of the door easily. (After all, he has the receipt.)
-Thieves bask in their $600 profit and Wal-Mart doesn't even know it.


Could the acquaintance look for the item(s) on my receipt at Walmart and then return it for cash?
This post was edited on 2/5/19 at 10:32 am
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:16 am to
Get your meth addict friend into a program.
This post was edited on 2/5/19 at 10:21 am
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
76771 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:18 am to
get better "acquaintances"
Posted by DuckManiak
Member since Nov 2011
3856 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:24 am to
If someone asked me for a picture of my Wal-Mart receipt, I’d automatically think it was some sort of scam.

That’s a really odd request.
Posted by Saskwatch
Member since Feb 2016
18360 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:25 am to
quote:

If someone asked me for a picture of my Wal-Mart receipt, I’d automatically think it was some sort of scam.


OP is in Arkansas so to be honest this might just be a reasonable request in those parts.
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:27 am to
Sounds like your acquaintance didn't think you knew about the savings catcher app and wants to collect as many receipts as possible to put them into their account.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
45503 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:30 am to
quote:

Person A purchases a $300 knife set.
-Person B grabs a duplicate knife set, and puts it in a secluded location within the store, then texts the other to let them know where it is.
-Person A puts the knife set in their car, then returns to the store, and heads over to the location where the second set is.
-Person A returns the second knife set for a full refund, keeping the original.


In order for me to fully understand these scenarios I need to know the races of Person A & Person B.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:31 am to

Oh, no question they're white. None.
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
139098 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:33 am to
quote:

If someone asked me for a picture of my Wal-Mart receipt, I’d automatically think it was some sort of scam. 

That’s a really odd request.
found it odd that they asked specifically for a cash receipt.

Sounds like they are trying to get a refund but am I missing something?
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
59341 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:35 am to
Someone asking you for old Walmart receipts wasn't enough of a red flag?
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
86377 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:35 am to
Tell them to frick off and lose your number. That’s what you’re missing.
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
139098 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:36 am to
Yes but I didn't understand the "why"
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
59341 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:37 am to
quote:

found it odd that they asked specifically for a cash receipt.



steal items then return them under the cash receipt? I don't know how Walmart returns work
Posted by LSUJML
Central
Member since May 2008
56846 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:37 am to
quote:

Sounds like your acquaintance didn't think you knew about the savings catcher app and wants to collect as many receipts as possible to put them into their account.


Can’t do that anymore, for Savings Catcher it has to be paid via Walmart Pay
You don’t even get a receipt, it’s saved in the Walmart app
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
76771 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:37 am to
quote:

am I missing something?



the ability to pick better friends?
Posted by GAAtty70
Member since Nov 2015
905 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:40 am to
Why does person A need to put the knife set in the car before going to Wal Mart?
Posted by DuckManiak
Member since Nov 2011
3856 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:43 am to
quote:

Sounds like they are trying to get a refund but am I missing something?

No. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
-Maniak
Posted by georgia
445
Member since Jan 2007
9228 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:43 am to
you didnt ask why?
Posted by vodka
Member since Sep 2018
2068 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:46 am to
Who is your friend


I used to do that shite years ago


U get a receipt, you go inside wal mart and steal what it is on the recipt, u take it to another wal mart and cash out


Posted by vodka
Member since Sep 2018
2068 posts
Posted on 2/5/19 at 10:47 am to
The why is your friend needs dope money
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