Get in Your Customers’ Faces to Prevent Fraud

In the housing sector and business is all about location, location, location. You might have the best baby clothes in the world, but if you’re in an area where many bars and crime, what the mother is going to risk shopping in your store? The same rings true of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) system. Proper camera placement can make or break videos if you’re beaten by check or credit card fraud. So where should bring their cameras to protect your business from this growing crime trend?

The common practice is to put cameras behind the counter, near the ceiling. This gives you more for your money. Allows you to keep an eye on their cash registers and employees. But if you want to prosecute someone who has committed fraud against your business, you will have to do better than a video of the top of his head. The best place to put a camera is right in front of their customers. With cameras getting smaller and cheaper, it’s easier than you think to do this and most customers are not even going to notice.

OK, then you’re ready to get into the faces of their customers. Here are some effective placements for their cameras. Putting a web-camera style in the top of your record is probably the easiest and cheapest way to implementation. However, there is a risk that you get beaten or moved. Another option is to get a mini bubble and ride on a light pole or other flat surface close to the transaction. Just be sure to place it between the cashier and customers. Otherwise, you can receive an injection well to their cash back. A third option is to get customers coming and going. You can ride a mini-bubble in the threshold level as close as you can handle. Thus, you can maximize coverage of the camera behind the counter with a roof of the chamber to keep an eye on your cash and records. Additionally, customers who are there to commit fraud is to warn as they near the registers. So if your catch when they are entering, is likely to be more relaxed and less concerned to conceal their identities. After all, do not want to draw attention to themselves.

If you have a larger shop, be sure to have cameras in the sales floor, especially when you have your goods more expensive. If you have a small store, you may be able to use one or two cameras effectively. People who are paying with stolen checks or credit cards usually store quickly and not paying attention to prices. They often go directly to the highest-price and “buy” more than one topic. Usually, the shop that are easy to sell and get the best prices on the street. Against this video can help prove intent, if you decide to prosecute.

If you decide to prosecute a case of check or credit card fraud, a quality video gives you the best opportunity to recover their losses. Make sure your camera to get good images of the faces of their customers. Strengthen your case by recording the behavior of fraudsters shopping for you to prove intent. And remember: location, location, location!