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You have to give crooks some credit. If anything, they are creative and resourceful.
This is a new one: thieves will place a screw under the gas handle switch so that when you place the handle into the cradle it doesn't stop the meter. You think that you're done (remember, you scan your card before pumping) and then they pull up and fill their tank on your dime.
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https://www.fox5dc.com/news/screw-scam-spurs-new-fears-drivers-when-fill-tanks?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6a2a1a2c5a54750001ef5ce1&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawSXnuFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFRTGlMV3BYcmd0N0R6REVrc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpFxw_l7C9B0M91D8rRpo0VCESobuuuHcTEsgiKqlMf4Iu4P8b0XkYSq90eh_aem_cKoQAnsBU22RcGDuMI6Fjg

'Screw scam' spurs new fears for drivers when filling their tanks A Virginia police department is warning drivers about a new way scammers are trying to rip off people when they fill their tanks: the gas pump screw scam.

Following a learning session with a new student it was time to load up with our "social ammo" before departing the range.
We walked to the firing line and, as always, I observed him go through the loading process and watched him place the round that he previously ejected from the chamber, prior to our training, back into the chamber and run the slide forward.
Knowing that this can lead to issues I had him clear his pistol and upon picking up the cartridge from the ground this is what we found.
He had been cycling the same cartridge as the one in the chamber for, at least, a year. The repeated impact of the slide hitting the chambered cartridge caused considerable setback and could cause increased chamber pressures or a failure to fire.
While there are many great processes to prevent this I just unload the entire magazine and put the round in first, randomizing where the previously chambered cartridges are.
What's your process?

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