Business Email Compromise vs Invoice Fraud: Related, Not the Same
BEC and invoice fraud get lumped together, but they attack different weaknesses and need different defenses. A comparison, plus the document checks that blunt both.
Vendor Bank Account Change Requests: The 60-Second Check
The most expensive AP fraud isn't a fake invoice — it's a real one paid to a fraudulently changed bank account. The one habit that stops payment-redirection fraud.
8 Accounts Payable Fraud Controls That Actually Get Used
Controls fail when they're annoying. Eight AP fraud controls teams actually follow — from vendor master hygiene to callback verification and document forensics.
How to Verify a Company Is Legitimate: A Field Checklist
Registry records, domain age, phone lines, and the corroboration habit: a field-tested sequence for checking whether a company is what it claims to be.
Friendly Fraud: When Your Own Customer Files the Chargeback
The customer bought it, received it, then told their bank they didn't — and won. Why friendly fraud slips past fraud filters, and how documentation wins the dispute.
AI-Generated Fake Documents: What Changes, What Doesn't
Image models can now render a passable receipt in seconds. What that actually changes about document fraud — and which defenses barely notice.
Expense Report Fraud: 8 Small Leaks That Add Up Fast
Expense fraud is rarely a heist — it's a slow leak that hides in the volume. The eight patterns behind most of it, and how to catch each without interrogating every report.
Fake Certificates of Insurance: How to Spot Them Before They Cost You
A COI is a promise printed on one page — and one of the most-faked business documents. What a certificate actually proves, the red flags, and how to verify one properly.
Double Brokering in Freight: How the Scheme Works and How to Catch It Early
A load booked, silently re-brokered, hauled by a trucker who never gets paid — and a shipper on the hook twice. The anatomy of double brokering and the checks that stop it.
Rental Application Fraud: A Screening Guide for Landlords and Property Managers
Pay stubs from template sites, statements edited to add a zero, references that route to a friend. What rental applicants fake, and how to verify it fairly.
Proof of Address Fraud: Why a Utility Bill Proves Little
A utility bill lists a name and an address and has no real security features — one of the easiest documents to fake. What proof of address is actually worth, and how to get more signal.
Certificate of Origin Fraud in Global Trade Documents
A certificate of origin decides tariffs, trade benefits, and sanctions compliance — high-value reasons to forge it. The two shapes of origin fraud, and how to catch each.