RECEIPT FRAUD PREVENTION

Fake Receipt Checker

Protect Your Business from Tampered Purchase Receipts

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Receipt fraud poses a growing challenge for organisations managing rewards programs and expense claims. Traditional verification approaches often rely on time-consuming manual reviews that strain resources and leave businesses vulnerable to sophisticated manipulation attempts.

Taggun addresses this challenge through AI-powered receipt verification that transforms how businesses validate proof-of-purchase submissions. Our platform combines OCR technology with advanced fraud detection algorithms to automatically identify tampered receipts, detect duplicates, and flag suspicious patterns in real-time. This supports organisations with proactive receipt fraud prevention and time saving automation that enable real time experiences and the scalability to handle high submission volumes efficiently.

Online Fake Receipt Checker

Follow these steps to detect receipt fraud online now. Our intuitive online tool will provide instant, AI powered verification.

1. Upload Your Receipt

Drag and drop your file - PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF, or HEIF - into our clean, intuitive interface.

2. AI-Powered Check

Drag and drop your file - PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF, or HEIF - into our clean, intuitive interface.

3. View Your Results

View Your Results
See a simple pass/fail status for authenticity, along with a summary of key findings.

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Get a taste of the Taggun Receipt OCR API with Fraud Detection Add-on

This demo is just the beginning!

  • The API offers many more data points - get your API key here.
  • Work with us for over 90% accuracy and optimisation to your business needs.

Understanding Receipt Fraud Detection

Receipt fraud detection revolves around:

Spotting Altered Details

Modified purchase details such as dates or amounts.

Spotting Altered Details

  • Identifies identical or highly similar receipts to prevent multiple submissions of the same purchase.
  • Detects slight modifications made to receipts, such as cropping or partial edits, aimed at reusing older proof.
  • Compares new submissions against historical data using advanced algorithms to spot patterns of repeat fraud.

Cashback Campaign

Duplicated or similar submissions aimed at exploiting reimbursement or reward programs.

Digital Tampering Detection


  • Recognizes digitally altered receipts, including changes to crucial fields like purchase date, amounts, or merchant details.
  • Uses advanced image analysis to pinpoint inconsistencies and manipulations at a pixel level.
  • Employs metadata checks to confirm the receipt has not been artificially generated or doctored.

Flagging the Handwritten

Handwritten receipts that might be more prone to manipulation.

Handwritten Receipt Detection


  • Identifies handwritten receipts, which can carry a higher fraud risk due to difficulty in verifying authenticity.
  • Allows separate handling or extra verification when receipts are partially or fully handwritten, ensuring more targeted scrutiny.
Receipt Validation API Integration

The Evolution of Taggun’s Fraud Detection Tools

Smarter OCR Tech

Enhanced OCR receipt verification that accurately captures text and layout from multiple file formats.

Instant Risk Insights

AI-powered analytics for real-time risk assessment.

Fraud Tools, Your Way

Modular add-ons allowing businesses to tailor receipt OCR and fraud detection to their specific workflows.

Whether you’re running a global rewards program or monitoring internal expense claims, Taggun’s tools integrate seamlessly with existing systems to authenticate digital receipts and flag anomalies before they escalate.

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How it works

  1. Submit Receipt
    When you send a file (PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF, or HEIF) to Taggun’s APIs, it passes through both our receipt OCR and fraud detection engine.
  2. Receipt OCR and Fraud Analysis
    Our system examines the file using various fraud detection algorithms, including similarity checks, digital tampering detection, and handwriting analysis.
  3. Scoring
    Each file receives a fraud score based on the analysis, indicating how likely it is to be fraudulent or tampered.
  4. Results
    The API returns both the fraud detection results and the extracted receipt data. This data includes merchant information, transaction amounts, and other essential details.

Add Fraud Detection to Your Integration

Enhance your existing Taggun OCR implementation with fraud detection in minutes. As a modular add-on to our core OCR API, you can activate fraud protection when you need it.

Quick Setup

  1. Contact us at hello@taggun.io to enable fraud detection
  2. Add the fraud detection parameter to your existing API calls
  3. Start receiving fraud analysis with every scan

No need to modify your existing integration - fraud detection results are automatically included in the API response alongside your regular OCR data.

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Receipt OCR API, Fraud Detection Add-on

Sample API Response

Below is an example of the fraud detection section in the API response. This JSON snippet illustrates how Taggun provides structured insights that you can leverage for further risk analysis or business rules.

  • similarReceipts - Shows two existing receipts with high similarity scores, indicating potential duplicate submissions.
  • tamperDetection - Confirms no tampering was detected ("isTampered": false) while providing detailed metrics.
  • handwritingDetection - Reports that this is not a handwritten receipt ("isHandwritten": false) and includes a handwriting score.
{
  "similarReceipts": [
    {
      "referenceId": "REC-20240105-ABC123",
      "userId": "USER-9876543",
      "trackingId": "T-20241005-9276439",
      "similarityScore": 0.9779201745986938
    },
    {
      "referenceId": "REC-20240106-XYZ789",
      "userId": "USER-1234567",
      "trackingId": "T-20241005-2921841",
      "similarityScore": 0.9779201745986938
    }
  ],
  "tamperDetection": {
    "data": {
      "isTampered": false,
      "tamperedScore": 0,
      "details": {
        "elaTampered": false,
        "metadataTampered": false,
        "copyPasteTampered": false,
        "whiteBoxTampered": false,
        "duplicates": [],
        "rectangles": [],
        "percentageBlocksTampered": 0.7817460317460317,
        "normalisedOverallMeanDiff": 25.143336197326164,
        "clusterPercentage": 0.9370182365106223,
        "blocksTampered": 37233
      }
    }
  },
  "handwritingDetection": {
    "data": {
      "isHandwritten": false,
      "handwrittenScore": 0.05660377358490566
    }
  }
}
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