List of Fraud Signals

Flinks checks every document that is uploaded through Flinks Upload for the following signs of fraud.

To review the verification results of an uploaded file, see Check for Fraud.

Type of Fraud	Description
Editing Software Detected	The file may have been opened in a PDF-editing or image-editing software program.
Unusual Document Source	The file may have been created in or downloaded from an unexpected source.
Account Number Edits	The account number in the file may have been changed.
Name Edits	The name in the file may have been changed.
Address Edits	The address in the file may have been changed.
Account Type Edits	The type of the account that's show in the file (chequing, savings, etc.) may have been changed.
Dollar Amount Edits	The dollar value for certain transactions may have been edited. Review the Count column for a count of occurrences. May include the following: - Beginning balance - Ending balance - Total deposits - Total withdrawals - Daily balance - Individual amounts - Ledger balances
Date Edits	The dates that correspond with certain transactions may have been edited. Review the Count column for a count of occurrences. May include the following: - Begin date - End date - Individual dates
Description Edits	The descriptions on certain transactions may have been edited. Review the Count column for a count of occurrences.
Invalid Transaction Dates	Certain transaction dates are outside of the range that's being captured for this statement, and are not reconciled.
Unreconciled Balance	The beginning and ending balances of the statements do not reconcile with the sum of transactions that occurred during the period. Transactions may have been added, removed or edited.
Transaction Data Not Present	The file contains no records of transactions, or no transaction pages were present in the upload.
Invalid Date	The captured date is invalid and does not exist on the calendar.
Future Date	The date captured is in the future.
Misaligned Text	The field or text does not match the expected alignment and is not consistent in comparison to the rest of the document.
Future Year	The date captured is in the future.
Invalid Year	The captured year is invalid or is inconsistent across the document(s).