WE ALSO ASSIST WITH THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS:
• Police Clearance Certificate
• Marriage Certificate
• Unabridged Married Certificate
• Birth Certificate
• Unabridged Birth Certificate
• Death Certificate

We also Retieve Divorce Certificates and decree

To do this, investigators obtain at least one of two types of handwriting samples produced by a suspect. A handwriting analyst then carefully compares samples written by the suspect with the writing on the fraudulent checks.

Is the authenticity of a handwriting/signature/document under question or in dispute? Is it genuine, forged, an original, cut and paste, traced, simulated, altered?

Do you have reason to dispute or question signatures or handwriting?

Do you suspect that a document has been altered?

• Based in Meyerton, South Africa, work is taken on nationally and internationally.
• Our services include identifying the authenticity of disputed handwriting and/or signatures based on a study involving the comparison and identification of the samples which is supported by the level of significance of the similarities and dissimilarities. We follow the processes of a forensic signature, handwriting and document examiner and investigator.
• Our reports gives our opinion based on scientific principles and clearly describe and outline in detail our findings. 

CAPACITY

As our Handwriting Expert and Forensic Handwriting and Document Examiner, we provide an opinion as to whether signatures or handwriting or documents are authentic or not. This includes but is not limited to:

• Identification and individualisation of handwriting and signatures; 

• Awareness of the various factors that can interfere with handwriting (e.g., position of the writer, physical condition, influence of alcohol, medication, illness, writing surface and writing instruments

• Knowledge and ability to distinguish forgery methods in handwriting

• Knowledge and ability to collect known/reference handwriting exemplars suitable for comparison

• Knowledge and ability to observe handwriting detail (pattern recognition)

• Knowledge and ability to analyse, compare and evaluate handwriting characteristics of letters/words, ability to compare individual characteristics in questioned writing with known handwriting

Our Examiner also examine the physical properties of documents e.g. paper, ink, additions and erasures to investigate fraud or document tampering. Our Examiner do not offer a chemical analysis of paper and inks. This includes but is not limited to:

• Identification and individualisation of typescript and typed and printed matter and stamped impressions

• Identification of forgeries; erasures and addition

• Deciphering of obscured writing and indentations

• Any other examination concerning questioned documents and handwriting excluding ink and paper analysis

Forensic Handwriting/Signature and Document Analysis, Handwriting Analysis

Forensic Handwriting/Document and Signature Analysis and Examination is the application of scientific methods and techniques to investigate whether handwriting or signatures or documents are genuine, or fraudulent. Examinations are completed to determine whether disputed documents or writings have been altered, traced, simulated or cut and paste. Has information been inserted or erased?

A handwriting analyst uses handwriting features for personality profiling. Handwriting Analysis is the psychology of handwriting.

• Forensic Handwriting/Document and Signature Analysis, Examination, Authentication and Verification.

Disputed  writings, including signatures, initials or documents are analysed and verified for authenticity and genuineness. Contact me for any matter where a document or writings  require verification.

• Labour

• Corporate including contracts 

• Medical-legal

• Insurance

• Personal matters including 

• Anonymous and threatening notes

• Contested wills​

• Handwriting Analysis

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Also known as graphology, reveals the personality characteristics of a writer at the time of  writing including a person's talents, competencies and strengths. Handwriting Analysis is a valuable tool for:

• Employment screening, executive personality profiling, conflict resolution

• Personality profiling

• Compatibility studies for business and personal use

• Wellness days

• Career guidance

• Marketing including logo analysis for marketing strategies, branding and identity

Document tampering is the act of modifying the physical properties of a document after it has been signed and concluded by the parties. It may take the form of page substitution, erasure, date alteration or content insertion after the contractual date.

Tampering leaves a paper trail of evidence that can be uncovered using special equipment and techniques. These include microscopic examination under ultraviolet or infrared lighting.

PAGE SUBSTITUTION

Inconsistencies of layout, spacing and font size are important clues to this form of document fraud. When an existing page has been removed and a new page inserted into the document, false initials and/or signatures may also be present. Punch holes and staple holes should be checked, as well as inconsistencies of page numbering and/or paragraph numbering.

COMBINING DOCUMENTS

The perpetrator combines sections of several different contracts in order to create the appearance of one complete contract. Clues include different sets of initials and differences in layout and font styles.

INSERTION OF TEXT

Extra text might be squeezed into the document, sometimes in handwriting, sometimes in printed text. If a page seems to be tightly packed with text, compared to the other pages of the document, this is a red flag that additional text may have been inserted.

ERASURES

There are many forms of erasure that can take place in cases of document fraud. For example, pencil writing can be erased with an ordinary rubber eraser. Text can be covered with Tip-Ex and then overwritten. The unwanted text can be scribbled out or even scraped off. Attempts to change or remove text can be made by means of chemical erasure by placing a drop of solvent onto the paper. In most of these cases, special lighting techniques are used to reveal the nature of the ‘cover-up’ and to reveal the original text beneath.

INDENTATIONS

Indentations are the grooves left by handwriting, signatures or initials that were written with a ballpoint pen, on the page underneath the writing. Uncovering these invisible traces can have an important role to play when investigating document fraud. Special lighting techniques are used to reveal indentations.