Patent ID: 7366339
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A fraud detection system for detecting whether information on a cheque has been improperly modified after an original preparation of the cheque, where the cheque is associated with a cheque type having pre-defined zones, said system comprising: (a) an issuance database for storing information associated with a cheque at the time of the original preparation of the cheque; (b) a scanned cheque database for storing a scanned cheque image of the cheque; (c) a detector module comprising: (d) a verification module for allowing manual verification of the scanned cheque image if none of said first, second, third and fourth engines has determined that the recognized characters match the characters associated with the cheque at the time of original preparation; and (e) a reporting module coupled to the detector module for compiling particulars concerning the matching results.