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I did Not notarize that
I did Not notarize that
It’s just one more thing that we have to both worry about and guard against. I am referring to forgery of our notarization. With high resolution scanners, image manipulation software and both inkjet and laser printers; cloning notarizations has become easier. Case in point: I received a PDF from Europe asking me to confirm the date of notarization. It was an obvious fraud from top to bottom with overlapping images (showing the border line where chunks were pasted) and of course it had images of my signature, stamp and seal. The person inquiring said they had the original. However, only a very faint shadow of my embossing showed. I asked if there was a raised seal embossed with my signature; and never heard from them again.
There is little that can be done to protect against signature forgery, using a cut and paste will give an exact duplicate, but only on the surface. The indentions from using a pen will not be on the back of the page. Ultimate signature security is now available in the form of DNA ink, whereby your DNA (from blood, hair, fingernail clipping, etc.) is blended into the ink. At some time in ... more

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