New gift card scam at pump catches refiner off-guard, leaves little trace of theft

摘要

There's a new gift card scam hitting stations and it can be used to siphon off product without the loss showing up at the pump or in the store, Oil Express learns. The only clues: "card rejected" messages on the register tape overnight and inventory discrepancies on tank monitoring reports, sources say. The scheme involves prepaid Visa cards and recently cost several dealers in Seattle hundreds of gallons of fuel in overnight raids on their stations. The retailers had shut down their c-stores but left the pumps on for the convenience of customers.