FRAUD
PROTECTION
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The
VSI-PRO can be covertly or overtly installed to allow
the user to record such events as; "Sweet hearting",
Voids, No Sale, Returns and Refunds, Short changing
and Substitute scanning.
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Sweet
Hearting.
This requires an accomplice or "sweet
heart" who loads up expensive items for
check out. The clerk then rings up the items
but charges a lower price than marked, or omits
some of the dearer items. This type of loss shows
up later as shrinkage.
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Voids
These can be used after the customer
has left and the same transaction has been rendered
void by the clerk. The money is still in the
register and will have to be removed either then
or towards the end of the shift.
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No
Sales.
These are the most common suspect
sale. There are legitimate reasons like correcting
change mistakes but if the clerk is performing "sweet
hearting, pilfering, void transactions or substitute
scanning, towards the end of a shift they will
have to remove the accumulated money before
their shift ends. Therefore it is especially
important to check for all no sale transaction
within the last hour of a shift.
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Returns
/ Refunds.
These are usually questionable when
to exchange is made and cash is being paid out. Items
are pulled from stock and fictitious refunds are
given to friends relatives or the clerk themselves.
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X
/ Z reads.
X Reads may be taken by fraudulent
clerks who over charge customers or omit items
and keep the money in the register until the
end of the shift. They will then do a X read
and compare the value with the amount in the
resister and remove the surplus, resulting in
the register to be correct at the end of the
day, giving the excuse they was taking there
tips they kept in the register.
Z Reads may be taken early in the day to reset the register and
all the taking so far pocketed by the clerk, resulting in the
owner only getting the taking from that point on.
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