Saskatchewan and Alberta RCMP say they have identified a recent trend where a number of businesses across Western Canada have been victims of similar high dollar frauds in the last six months. The way it works is someone calls to make a large transaction using multiple credit cards to pay. All contact is by phone and the caller asks to use several credit cards to make up the total purchase price. Only after the company has shipped the items are they alerted that the credit card has been reported stolen or the true cardholder gets the charge reversed. RCMP say several of the victims have been tire and vehicle parts businesses but point out any type of business could be targeted in the same way. Some of the red flags to watch out for include new customers from outside the trading area asking to stop products, only a phone number and generic email information, multiple credit cards are used and some may be declined while others go through. Anyone with information about a similar incident should report it to the RCMP or police service.