- Do you handle the cases relating to analysis of signatures, handwriting, anonymous notes, ink, paper, alterations etc.?
- Can you examine signatures or handwriting from photocopies?
- Can you examine signatures or handwriting from a facsimile?
- Do you accept case documents by fax?
- What is your turn-around time?
- Can you tell about someone's personality from handwriting/signatures?
- Can I straight away fax or email some documents for a preliminary examination?
- How many known signatures (specimen signatures or exemplars) are necessary for comparison purposes?
- How do you compare signatures? Even my own signatures written at the same time show marked differences.
- I compared signatures myself and they appeared to be having marked differences......... are they forged?
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Do you handle the cases relating to analysis of signatures, handwriting, anonymous notes, ink, paper, alterations etc.?
Yes we do. Worldwide Forensic Services Inc. is a modern and fully equipped forensic document and fingerprint examination laboratory accepting cases on all aspects of document examination and fingerprint analysis.
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Can you examine signatures or handwriting from photocopies?
While original documents are always best and should be made available. On some occasions, clear photocopies may serve the purpose.
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Can you examine signatures or handwriting from a facsimile?
Because of digitization, the facsimiles are usually of lesser use for the analysis of signatures or handwriting.
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Do you accept case documents by fax?
No. You may send documents by mail or courier, or may make an appointment to deliver them by hand.
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What is your turn-around time?
It depends upon current caseload and complexity of case. An estimate of time frame can be provided at the initial consultation.
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Can you tell about someone's personality from handwriting/signatures?
No, we do not provide personality assessment services. Graphologists profess to provide such services.
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Can I straight away fax or email some documents for a preliminary examination?
No. Please contact us before sending in the documents, so that a conflict check can be conducted, fee schedule is discussed and information is provided regarding evidence submission.
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How many known signatures (specimen signatures or exemplars) are necessary for comparison purposes?
Normally 10-15 known signatures, but as many as possible. It is always better if the known signatures are contemporaneous with the questioned document(s) and written under similar circumstances.
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How do you compare signatures? Even my own signatures written at the same time show marked differences.
The comparison process is based on a detailed examination of the minute individualized writing characteristics. The forensic document examiners do not just compare the pictorial appearance of letters, which can show some natural variations due to external or internal factors. The forensic document examiners compare and evaluate so many individualized writing features such as line quality, writing pressure, shading, slant, spacing, alignment, letter proportions, relative positioning of letters, pen emphasis at particular points and writing speed etc.
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I compared signatures myself and they appeared to be having marked differences......... are they forged?
We can not provide our opinion by just looking at the signatures like a lay person. Such determination requires a detailed examination and evaluation of various writing characteristics, and sufficient number of exemplars to properly evaluate the range of natural variations.
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