Just like Generative AI makes it possible to fake a dent on a car photo, it’s now equally easy to fake — or subtly alter — an invoice. For insurers, banks, and enterprises, this presents a new frontier of fraud risk, one that can slip past traditional review processes undetected.
The Rise of Document Manipulation
Invoices are one of the most common documents used across industries, from claims processing to vendor payments. Unfortunately, they’ve also become one of the easiest to manipulate:
AI-generated invoices: With templates widely available online, fraudsters can generate realistic invoices in minutes.
Subtle edits: A single digit change to an account number, a small adjustment in pricing, or a swapped company logo can redirect thousands of dollars.
Deepfake documents: Just as with photos and videos, AI can now fabricate entire documents that look authentic down to fonts, spacing, and metadata.
The Cost of Fake Documents
Invoice fraud is already a billion-dollar problem worldwide. In insurance, it might appear as padded repair costs or duplicate claims. In corporate finance, it can surface as fraudulent vendor invoices or doctored expense reports. Left unchecked, these schemes erode trust, inflate costs, and can even expose organizations to regulatory risk.
How Detection Has Caught Up
The good news? Just as with deepfake photos, technology has also advanced to fight back. Solutions like Attestiv bring forensic AI to invoices and other business documents, enabling organizations to:
Verify document authenticity at the pixel and metadata level, for pdf or image formats
Detect alterations such as changed amounts, dates, or bank details.
Streamline workflows by automatically flagging suspicious invoices for review, while letting legitimate ones pass through quickly.
Protect against reputational and financial risk by preventing fraudulent payouts before they happen.
- Integrate protection directly into applications using APIs
Sorting Reality From Fiction
When an invoice isn’t really an invoice, it’s more than just a nuisance — it’s a financial and operational threat. But by deploying AI-powered authenticity verification, insurers and enterprises can ensure that what they see is what’s real.
With Attestiv, organizations can separate fact from fiction in invoices, just as they can with photos and videos. And in a digital world where fraud evolves every day, that capability has never been more essential.
