ApproveShield Reviews

The hard reality is that some apartment prospects will never pass a background check. But that doesn’t mean they will stop trying. More than ever, prospects unequipped to pass a background check on honest terms are trying to circumvent the system. The result has been a significant rise in the use of fake or stolen Social Security numbers (SSN) and fake paystubs, as unqualified prospects try to slip their way through the doors. Apartment operators are clamoring to counter the escalating trend by educating their teams on the potential warning signs and implementing tech tools that can help diagnose fraudulent activity on applications. While fake or altered Social Security numbers can be tricky for fraud offenders to utilize in the long-term because they are a government-issued entity, fake paystubs can be easier to get away with. Searching online for “Fake Paystubs” brings an unsettling scene. Several websites will promise fake stubs within minutes. While maybe not as ext

  The hard reality is that some apartment prospects will never pass a background check. But that doesn’t mean they will stop trying. More than ever, prospects unequipped to pass a background check on honest terms are trying to circumvent the system. The result has been a significant rise in the use of fake or stolen Social Security numbers (SSN) and fake paystubs, as unqualified prospects try to slip their way through the doors. Apartment operators are clamoring to counter the escalating trend by educating their teams on the potential warning signs and implementing tech tools that can help diagnose fraudulent activity on applications. While fake or altered Social Security numbers can be tricky for fraud offenders to utilize in the long-term because they are a government-issued entity, fake paystubs can be easier to get away with. Searching online for “Fake Paystubs” brings an unsettling scene. Several websites will promise fake stubs within minutes. While maybe not as extre

Lease application fraud tends to fall into two categories: deception intended to improve the tenant’s perceived ability to pay rent and deception intended to hide evidence of past mismanagement of their finances. Attempts to improve the perceived ability to repay generally take the form of falsified employment records, pay stubs, bank statements and other documents that create an inflated picture of the applicant’s cashflow and the assets available to pay rent — even if they suffer a financial setback. It’s worth noting that the same technology advances that drive the digital revolution also make it much easier to commit this type of fraud. Even the most basic home computer can provide ample functionality to capture and re-use digital images, or to scan and edit documents. As software continues to emphasize ease-of-use, more and more tenants will be able to act on the temptation to engage in this type of behavior. Hiding evidence of past financial mismanagement is a form of ident

The most common tenant scam we find is false prior rental verifications. Someone will answer the phone as the landlord of a property they either did not live in or was not really the actual landlord of the property they live in. We at Approveshield will verify rental history using proven methods that minimize chance of fraud.