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    Business of counterfeit coupons growing

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These -- the world's most coveted pieces of Paper.

Close second -- -- pieces of Paper.

Coupons.

As valuable as cash and more popular than ever it has exploded beyond.

Katie -- teaches shoppers how ordinary coupons can slice their grocery bills in half or more people -- -- you couldn't.

Her strategy is part foot race part hunting expedition and -- coupon right here.

I'd have to pointed out the secret to Katie deepest savings is clipping.

-- -- -- They joined violent get winds and high dollar coupons on her most wanted list they're definitely not want.

Why is.

Because you -- -- -- store coupon and use that along with -- that's fun.

Katie says both shoppers don't even bother to look for store coupons but they -- that's definitely look on it yet supermarket their home to another most wanted list.

The criminal time.

Grocers and manufacturers put a bounty on these coupons because their faith and whoever turns in their creator gets -- 100000.

Dollar pay off.

It's the largest reward -- have ever offered.

A reflection of -- rampant coupon fraud and counterfeit fraudulent coupons are definitely on the -- they're becoming more and more prevalent in every store in every state that we operate.

Coupon fraud is driving up the price of food for every counterfeit store manufacturing -- -- -- -- law.

That ultimately gets passed on to shoppers estimates pegged the cost of big coupons as high as half a billion dollars a year.

Largely because counterfeit are easier than ever to fabricate they do a great job of making it look legit running and I wouldn't have -- now.

Katie says there are some telltale signs that the -- Is just too good to be true.

She's just coupons forwarded by email are usually -- believe it or not some people's cell coupon funny day duties as buying them is risky.

She also warns that free or high dollar coupon -- come close to an -- shelf price are suspect.

Consider this -- -- coupons were seven dollars off no way it looks good but it's no good if this were real.

-- Reynolds be losing money.

Absolutely.

Right there's no way they're gonna do that -- In addition to a 100000.

Dollar reward for shutting down coupon -- -- grocery stores are sharpening their skills in catching states.

Scanners regularly reprogram cashier's now trained to -- to find a good detective Lloyd.

And knew it public any coupon of five dollars or more requires -- managers approve.

We do have a manager stepped into that transaction and help make a determination on where we should go next with that that it's -- time consuming actor's death -- insist they have to today after all.

They coupons collectively cost -- more than a million dollars a -- I'm frustrated from month.

-- from a consumer point you from an educated point of -- because.

We -- -- both sides legitimate offers -- easily available we'll use this coupon right now Katie just can't understand why some shoppers.

Are breaking the law.

-- -- a few bucks there's a lot of good coupons out that.

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