Handwriting Flashcards
1
Q
Personal Forgery
A
- someone writes a signature that is not their own.
- cheques may be forged by blotting out words and numbers and replacing them with others.
2
Q
Industrial Forgery
A
- copying the same product but they use poor quality, cheaper materials and sell it cheaply.
3
Q
Forgery on metal
A
- criminals remove these marks by filing them
4
Q
A handwriting expert will particularly look at…
A
- pattern
- average spacing
- pressure
- slope
- relationship of the letters
- general style of writing
- style of writing certain letters.
5
Q
Using paper or indentations on paper to detect fraud
A
Photograph was made by placing a flashgun at the side so that one of the edges of the impressions cast a shadow while the opposite edge is to be lit up brightly.
It allows the message to be read easily.
6
Q
Comparison projector
A
- examines and compares two documents
7
Q
Charred documents
A
- to be treated so that any printing and writing can be deciphered
- to be handled with care
- to make the paper more flexible, they are sprayed with a solution containing polyvinyl acetate that was previously dissolved in acetone.
8
Q
Paper
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- Security papers use special additives to make forgeries easier to detect.
9
Q
Water marks
A
- A method used by criminals is to dampen some similar paper and then place it between two plates.
