Spotting a forged document — no expertise needed
24 practical guides: fake bank statements, pay stubs and W-2s, Zelle, Venmo and Cash App screenshots, wire confirmations, checks, invoices and doctor’s notes — and what to do when something doesn’t add up.
How to Tell if a PDF Has Been Edited: 8 Checks Anyone Can Do
From file properties to font subsets and incremental saves — eight practical ways to tell whether a PDF was edited after it was created, and their limits.
ReadWhat PDF Metadata Reveals About a Document — and What It Doesn’t
Producer, Creator, XMP and dates: what each metadata field tells you about where a PDF came from, how fraudsters hide it, and why missing metadata is a signal too.
3 min readSigns a Document or Screenshot Was Photoshopped
Compression halos, mismatched fonts, misaligned digits and impossible shadows — the visual signs of an edited image, and why compression makes them easier to find.
3 min readAI-Generated Fake Documents: What Changes, and What Still Gives Them Away
AI image tools can produce convincing receipts and statements. What generative AI changes for document fraud, and the checks that still work — logic, layout, files and history.
3 min readDocument Fraud Detection Software: How Automated Checks Work — and Their Limits
What document fraud detection software actually checks — metadata, structure, pixels, visual layout, logic and history — how to evaluate a vendor, and what no tool can do.
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