You too must be going to fill petrol in your car or bike. Sometimes you might be paying through Paytm-PhonePe, sometimes through credit card. Some rewards points are available in this, which are useful later. But a woman used these cards to fill petrol worth Rs 22 lakh for free. Yes, petrol worth Rs 22 lakh. He adopted such a method that even you will be shocked to know about it.
According to Metro report, 45-year-old Dawn Thompson, a resident of America, used to fill petrol from the same pump in Nebraska every day. For this she used reward card. Used to pay with his points. He did not have to pay a single penny. But due to a mistake she became rich. Actually, the petrol pump updated its software in 2022. After this it went wrong.
The customer got the opportunity
This gave an opportunity to customers with loyalty cards. Because if you swiped the card twice through this software, it would put the petrol pump in demo mode. This means that everything was being done through demo, that is, no payment had to be made for it. When this woman saw this for the first time, she kept paying in the same manner again and again. As a result, not even a single rupee was deducted from him. You will be surprised to know that in this way the woman got petrol filled 510 times in a year. Sometimes she would come several times a day to get petrol.
then foul play was suspected
After a year, when the petrol pump got the tally done, irregularities were suspected. Then when investigation was done, it was found that the woman had got petrol worth 27,000 dollars i.e. about 22 lakhs filled for free. After this the owners of the petrol pump contacted the police. CCTV shows Thompson refueling at the station on several occasions. Police said that the woman used the reward card 510 times between November 13, 2022 and June 1, 2023. Police also found another woman using the card. When she got irritated the woman said that she did not know. She would like to pay the full amount. The matter is currently going on in the court.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 15, 2024, 16:38 IST
