How to stop Lightroom duplication of imported files?

I must have accidentally ticked something because all of a sudden Lightroom 4.3 has started to import an original filename.tif file and also copy it to filename -2.tif, doubling up each file. What do I have do to change to stop this please?
Using a 64bit Windows 7 PC

Thanks DJ - spot on.
Workflow was scan on back-up PC, save to USB, transfer to main PC where Lightroom resides. New scanner this week does not react well with back-up so used main, eliminated the USB bit and ended up with duplicate files everywhere.
Been through every Lightroom menu trying to find what I had done wrong!
Thanks again,

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