The Growing Menace of Fake Payment Proofs
For micro and small online merchants selling via WhatsApp, Instagram, and TikTok Shop, Cash-on-Delivery and manual bank transfer receipts remain common payment methods. Unfortunately, scammers utilize dedicated mobile applications that generate photorealistic fake transfer confirmation screens.
4 Tell-Tale Signs of a Forged Slip
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Font Inconsistencies & Anti-Aliasing Mismatch Official banking applications (BCA, Mandiri, BRI, DBS, Maybank) use system typography with strict anti-aliasing. Fake receipts generated by overlay editors often show blurriness or compression artifacts around the transfer amount, while the background remains sharp.
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Incoherent Timestamp and Reference IDs Most banks encode the transaction timestamp directly into the reference number (e.g.
TRX-20261001-XXXX). In forged receipts, the visible time frequently contradicts the sequence code. -
Clashing Alignment & Kerning Noticeable irregularities in letter spacing (kerning) or digit alignment almost always point to text manipulation.
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Absence of Mutation in Account Ledger Never dispatch goods purely based on an incoming image receipt. Always verify actual ledger credit via your banking dashboard or Nosè’s rapid verification tool.
