Mounties east of the city are warning about a scam working its way around Southern Alberta.

On November 22, Strathmore RCMP responded to a call about a group of people who had obtained food and lodging in the town with fraudulent credit cards.

Constable Shannon White explains how suspects manipulated the pin pads.

“So what we can tell, they’ve been able to get the pin pads into an administrative mode. Now, how they’re doing that, we’re still investigating,” explained White.

White says they’ve been working with Calgary Police and other RCMP units to identify the group of people who have been pulling the scam in many areas around Calgary.

Anyone with information is asked to call police or crime stoppers.