Salmon Arm businesses are urged to watch for fraudsters using numbers from stolen credit cards. 

On Friday morning, Jan. 10, police received a report of attempted fraud involving stolen credit cards. The caller, an employee of a Ross Street business, stated two men had entered the store and gathered several items for purchase. 

Ross St: At 9am a local business employee reported an attempted fraud using stolen credit cards. The employee reported two men entered the store and compiled several items to purchase.

"The men then told the cashier that their 'boss' would call with a credit card number to charge for the items," explained Salmon Arm RCMP Const. Andrew Hodges in a media release. "The men provided a credit card number which was declined by the machine, and the men departed without the items."

Hodges advised all local businesses to "be aware of this tactic for using stolen credit cards, and to follow proper policy and procedures for accepting credit card payment."