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VSI - PRO
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
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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 sales.
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
transactions within the last hour of a shift.
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Returns /
Refunds. These are usually questionable when an
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 an X read and
compare the value with the amount in the register and remove the
surplus. This results in the register being correct at the end of the
day, the clerk giving the excuse they were taking their tips that they kept in the
register. Z Reads may be taken early in the day to reset the
register. All the takings so far are pocketed by the clerk, resulting
in the owner only getting the takings from that point
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