NSW Fraud - Where to Find Forensic Document Examiners?

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Vadim

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10 July 2018
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G'day,

Where to find forensic document examiners in Sydney or anywhere in Australia?

We have received few fraudulent invoices and we need to get them examined and confirmed that they are fraud invoices.

Thank you
 

Adam1user

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5 January 2018
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Hi,

Without knowing what your documents are and going by what you wrote, if they are invoices, the best way to check is contact the supplier directly and confirm the invoices. Contact the accounts department or section and ask for the section/department manager and they will take it from there.

This will be effective if the organisation is a large organisation, but if it is a oneman show, then what about the services/products received by your entity, can anyone confirm receipt of those services or products?

I hope this helps.
 

Tim W

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Don't bother.
Just don't pay them immediately.
If they're genuine, the surely suppliers will be in touch soon enough?
 

Kbam

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the invoice issuer dodgied the invoices - you’ve paid - and now you want your money back - is that what’s going on here?

If you’ve already paid via bank transaction- lodge a dispute for the paid amount with your bank - so long as you can prove it was a transaction to pay for goods or service - dodgy invoice will do- the bank will refund the money to you unless the person you paid can prove its a legit transaction...think PayPal buyer protection - but faster & a helluva lot easier..

Otherwise checkout ...

Forensic Document Services - The scientific examination of handwriting, documents and fingerprints

Australasian Society of Forensic Document Examiners Inc

Australian academy of Forensic Sciences Inc

They don’t seem to have a huge web presence - you’d think they would being technical types...dunno much about them - tried to find out prices once and didn’t get very far...

Another place to check would be large Private Investigator businesses - quite often those guys offer a document verifying service...

Best of luck