Police yesterday warned businesses to watch out for credit card fraudsters on the Island.

Officers say in recent weeks there have been a series of incidents where people have used stolen credit cards or cards they were not authorised to use.

Although Police have not released what was stolen they say significant amounts were unlawfully obtained.

A Police spokesman said: ?The Bermuda Police Service Fraud Unit would like to remind all businesses and persons conducting financial transactions for debit and credit cards to be vigilant in order to prevent the perpetration of crime.

?A number of cases have been reported to Police in recent weeks whereby persons presented credit or debit cards to businesses that were either stolen, or that they were not authorised to use. Significant sums of money have been unlawfully obtained as a result. In almost all cases, the persons conducting these transactions did not verify that the signature matched the cardholder?s legitimate signature or request photo identification to match the name on the credit or debit card.

?The Police would like to ask the management and staff of all businesses to increase their level of vigilance in this regard by asking for a secondary form of identification, such as a driver?s licence, to prevent and stem the volume of credit card theft, and subsequent fraud.??