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To all, I FReepmailed publana on how to handle this with Wal-Mart, but I wanted to send out an FYI to everyone especially in the DFW area. I worked for wal-mart loss prevention for 5 years and 90% of my work load was investigating and prosecuting dishonest WM associates. They can make a lot of money stealing from your gift cards around Christmas and I would suggest not buying them. They know that you are giving them as gifts that wont be used until after the 25th.

WM hires a lot of people around Christmas and a lot of them are there to steal. They do everything from under-ringing (where they have their friends and family go through their check out and bag merchandise without ringing it up), to just taking all the cash out of the register and walking out the door.

With the gift cards they get the numbers off their register journals and then either hand key the number themselves and cash out the cards, or go to a friend and make purchases using your gift card number. they know it is unlikely that it will be discovered until after the 25th and they no longer work there.

Also, another scam they like to pull is after Christmas when you are making returns. Make sure you check your refund receipt carefully because they will refund to their own credit card numbers or will get a gift card themselves and fill it up with your refund.

If anyone runs into anything like that at a wal-mart, feel free to FReepmail me and I will help guide you through getting you money back, deal with wal-mart, and get the thief busted.