Skimming Scheme Detection and Prevention


Skimming schemes are one of the most common forms of loss within an organization and tend to be difficult to detect since controls can be over-ridden and prevent a clear audit trail.

Mystery Shopping is an effective means to detect and minimize loss through skimming schemes. Trained covert field evaluators will anonymously check for key indicators of point-of-sale losses including verification of provided receipts for all purchases to ensure the transaction was recorded on the register and accuracy of receipt to purchase. 

Features and Benefits

  • Cost Effective – Flat per-inspection/audit fee — anywhere in the U.S. and Canada. Eliminate travel expenses and opportunity costs associated with internal audit employees traveling to remote locations
  • Timely – Average of 4.5 days turnaround time from request to Q/A
  • Broad Coverage – On-demand access to evaluators in every major city throughout the United States and Canada
  • Objective – Unbiased, third-party evaluators ensure inspection/audit data is objectively collected
  • Scalable – Program designed to meet your required number of evaluations whether 50 per month or 5000

Experienced and Credentialed Evaluators

  • Criminal records check
  • Customized, online project-specific training

Information Technology and Tools to Log and Track Information

  • Robust web-based application
  • Centralized source for all field inspection data
  • Scheduling and ordering inspection requests
  • Tracking and troubleshooting reports
  • Online issue troubleshooting
  • Viewing of digital reports and photos
  • Inbound and outbound FTP feeds (XML & delimited)
  • Custom e-mail notifications

 

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