Re: Cheating / Short Fuelling Tricks at Petrol Pumps/Ghost note count
This happened to me on Sunday,although I was going to catch the F1 race on tv I was not rushing,after i got the air pressure checked in the tires & i moved the car to fill diesel for 500 rupees.
After making sure the fuel lid was secure I gave the attendant a 1000 rupee note,so he had to return 500,which he did but this is where the trick starts !
He puts the thousand calmly into his bag & pulls out a bundle of 100's ,he calmly counts 5 x 100 notes infront of me as I watch & stacks them handing it to me.Now i was confident there was 500 but spread them out to find only 4x100 ,then immediately another 100 comes from the attendant.
So am pretty sure this guy wanted to con me as he could have handed a 500 note instead of 100's .
The trick is when he counts the notes in front of you he fakes a count in between as you watch or fakes the last count not shifting the money as you would have relaxed your gaze because you would automatically assumed every flick of the wrist is a note being counted.
So next time please be aware as this cannot only happen at a pump but also at any transaction especially if you seem to be in a hurry.
This happened to me on Sunday,although I was going to catch the F1 race on tv I was not rushing,after i got the air pressure checked in the tires & i moved the car to fill diesel for 500 rupees.
After making sure the fuel lid was secure I gave the attendant a 1000 rupee note,so he had to return 500,which he did but this is where the trick starts !
He puts the thousand calmly into his bag & pulls out a bundle of 100's ,he calmly counts 5 x 100 notes infront of me as I watch & stacks them handing it to me.Now i was confident there was 500 but spread them out to find only 4x100 ,then immediately another 100 comes from the attendant.
So am pretty sure this guy wanted to con me as he could have handed a 500 note instead of 100's .
The trick is when he counts the notes in front of you he fakes a count in between as you watch or fakes the last count not shifting the money as you would have relaxed your gaze because you would automatically assumed every flick of the wrist is a note being counted.
So next time please be aware as this cannot only happen at a pump but also at any transaction especially if you seem to be in a hurry.