The most common forgeries occur with the signature

Although most document forgeries occur with the signature, there are numerous manners in which they are performed. The most common of these are the freehand forgery [an attempt to simulate the writer], a spurious signature [the forger makes no attempt at emulating the writer], cut and paste or tape forgery, [lifting the signature from another document]

The following two are attempts at forging their own signature. This is done to avoid honoring a contract. First, there's the awkward hand forgery, [a right-handed writer uses his left hand], and then the more common, disguised forgery [the writer attempts to emulate his own signature, ensuring he changes a few letters]

Another common forgery of a writer attempting to forge their own signature occurs with ancient documents. Since handwriting can change over time, some writers simply claim the signature was written by another person because it looks different. It's my job to determine if that's the case or it's due to a natural variation in the signature over time.

Another common forgery is aged signature simulation. This is often the forgery choice in wills of elderly people. The forger feels it's easy to forge a signature on a person who's handwriting is distorted due to age.............until I'm brought into the case!

I've had cases with each example above. And with each one, there are different exams I use to disclose this.

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