Understanding the Forgery of Documents and Methods

Abstract

The forgery of documents is presented as a form of an illegal act which produces negative effects and simultaneously causes consequences in human society. Forged documents includes personal documents, travelling documents, official documents, personal banking details, currencies etc, and presenting them as original for certain purposes. Mostly is applied by the organized crime. Otherwise forgery of documents is considered also as fraud. In most cases the main goal is material gain, but it does not exclude the possibility of  any their goal. Modification, imitation, creation, adaption  of an existing document and presenting it as original means forgery. Nowadays the possibility to be a victim of this act is high, cause there are so many ways that we can be scammed, mostly in the platforms offered by the internet. In this paper, special attention is given to documents forgery in general, methods and types of how they are applied in everyday life as well as the negative effects, consequences as a result of forgery. Those who are interested in document forgery here they can expand their knowledge of this illegal act, how documents are examined, the security elements of documents and the security elements of bank notes which it is necessary for every person to know in order to avoid unfavorable situations.