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Show Warning Given on Anti-Fraud Month You're up against the pros when you play games with the con artists in Utah, according accord-ing to the Utah Bankers Association. Anti-Fraud Month is being sponsored during November by the Utah Bankers Association. The "Television double order" scheme has plagued several Utah businesses over the last year. A man claiming to be a former delivery man calls a selected small business. He explains that a big television company for which he is now working has sent a double order of television sets to a large, reputable retail store in the area. The TV company does not want to pay return freight cost for '20 or 30 television sets. So the purported delivery man offers the employees of the small business a fantastic deal on as many television sets as they would like. If the business falls for the scheme, an employee meets the swindler at the loading dock of the business which supposedly received the double order. ' After cash for the television sets has been handed over to the swindler, the employee is told to back his truck up to the loading dock, where his television sets will be immediately loaded. The swindler disappears a good deal richer, and the people at the loading dock of course know nothing about any televisions. The Utah Bankers Association warns citizens of deals which sound too good to be true, especially when they require cash in advance. Often, personal honesty is an individual's own best protection against fraud. If you ever suspect fraud, contact your bank or local law authorities immediately. |