Ticket Machine Scam

[kittyP]

I was reminded of this by the "mouthing of on the tube" thread.

About 6 months ago when trying to get a ticket for the DLR at lewisham, I put a £10 note in and the machine didn't accept it but refused to give it back.

I was with my ex at the time who said "hang on a minute".
He fiddled around under the slot where it should have come back out and pulled out a rolled up train ticket, immediately my £10 came back out.
I was amazed. He said that he had once seen some little shit putting them in and said that it backs up several notes so when they come back after the trains have finished they pull the tickets out, they get a free £40-£50!!

I don't know what other machines this works with but I have since had this happen again to me and myself removed the offending ticket and got my money back.

If you get in the same situation, id always try checking the out slot, it may take a bit of fishing about. I always check even if i am paying in change because i don't want this to happen to any one else, although always a little worried that the person that put it there may be watching.

[43mhz]

I've had a similar experience with a cash machine at a garage on the old kent road.. went through the motions of withdrawing cash and nothing appeared.. had a feel around and noticed a thin piece of cardboard wrapped carefully around place where the money comes out.. anyways..underneath was my money..

[detective-boy]

I've had a similar experience with a cash machine at a garage on the old kent road..

And at the lower end of the criminal market, they do similar tricks with the coin return slots on phone boxes, vending machines, etc. If you should be getting something back it´s always worth checking there is nothing stuffed in the way.

[Donna Ferentes]

Which reminds me, some bastard at "Journey's Friend" at Victoria gave me change yesterday that turned out to be two Mexican pesos instead of a two pound coin.

[tommers]

same happened to me at upton park train station. thing is the guys who did it were all standing there watching me and when I called the guard over he just pulled out the bit of paper and told them to stop doing it! :rolleyes: