Document authenticity and fake-document awareness guides

Distinguish fabricated documents, altered details and misuse of genuine evidence.

Check provenance, integrity and relevance before interpreting appearance.

Understand what a scan and a machine-readable check leave unresolved.

Use an evidence ladder to keep conclusions within the checks performed.

Record a concern and choose a responsible next step.

Match the feature to an observation method and the correct edition.

Design an abstract specimen around an OCR or QA measurement.

Inspect three fictional layouts and their expected text.

Separate extraction, consistency and authenticity evidence.

Use a worked fictional case to define your requirements.

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