Fake Documents Used in Scams: Certificates, Letters & Stamps (2026)

[Ed Williams]

2026 UPDATE: AI tools now generate highly convincing fake documents

Scammers create fake official documents to build trust. Death certificates, court orders, company letters - all fabricated.

Documents scammers commonly fake:
• Death certificates (inheritance scams)
• Court orders and legal documents
• UN/diplomat credentials
• Company letterheads and contracts
• Government stamps and seals
• Notarized documents (fake notary stamps)

2026 warning signs:
• Documents sent as images or low-quality PDFs
• Inconsistent fonts or alignment
• Stamps that look digitally pasted
• Reference numbers that don't verify
• "Confidential" markings to discourage verification

How to verify:
• Contact the issuing organization directly (find contact info independently, NOT from the document)
• Government documents can often be verified through official portals
• Ask a lawyer to review suspicious legal documents
• Reverse image search stamps and letterheads

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Examples of fake documents below:

Here are a couple more fake documents trying to make it look like the scammer really has started a company for you in a different country.

[benjamin]

This is another image that is commonly used by scammers in 'wash-wash' scams.

[Ralph]

Magnum Security and Trust Company


Here we have a fake document used in conjunction with the first trunkbox of cash photo used here, interesting that this document mentions gold bars while the photo is of cash

If you click on the link I have done a seach on this company name which shows that it is not a legitimate company Click Here

Here is another fake doc used by somebody using almost the same company name

Notice the signature at the bottom goes over the stamp. I would think that such a form would be signed before being stamped.

The next thing of interest is that it is apparently 35 kilos of photographic equipment, who in their right mind would put that equipment into storage for a fee of $37,000, that is over $1,000 per kilo just to store it, no doubt the scammer will tell you not to tell the security company that there is cash is in the box. perhaps these are the reason for changing the company name as this is most likley the same scammers work

The truth here is that there is no box, there is no money and there is no Magnum Trust Security Company

[The Enchantress]

Andrew Patterson [email protected]

Lt.Martin Powell [email protected]

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewto ... =13&t=3673

[Ralph]

This document is used by a scammer who has been profiled here Click to view the scam details



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[The Enchantress]

This "fake" document used by "Claim Agent MR. Johnson mayo" [email protected]

See here http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewto ... =12&t=4575

[The Enchantress]

Fake "leave" documents used by this scammer robin burrows - [email protected]

See this report http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewto ... =13&t=5741

[The Enchantress]

Fake documents used by this scammer Robert Allex - [email protected]

See this report http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewto ... =13&t=7520

[The Enchantress]

Fake document from "Russian Supreme Court" used by this scammer

Marina Usova - [email protected]

See this report http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewto ... =13&t=7928

[tomhut]

I love this fake lottery documents, they are hilarious. Alleged Lottery wins are amongst the scam classic, I think they have to be around for more than 10 years. I have probably got about 100 different lottery scam mails in the last few years and some with an image of the certified lottery doc blah blah. Always interesting to compare them and to see how scam techniques have developed.

[schumi]

[zeleb0b0]

[belindabumbasquat]

Not sure if this is the right place to put these - mods please move i've ive done this wrong?

These are some documents i received off a lad claiming to be a lawyer in Senegal - similarly, the phoney death certificate of the man who's money i'm 'attempting to get'

hope this helps:

[Justin]

Fake death certificate documents used for next of kin scams. These sent by [email protected]

[Justin]

Fake forms used by Lora Betrand [email protected]