A red flag is a reason to look again, not a finding that something is wrong. Honest suppliers trip some of these for ordinary reasons, and careful fraud can avoid them. This checklist helps you notice, record and follow up signals in a consistent way, so that a decision rests on a pattern rather than a single impression.
Keep a list per supplier with three columns: the signal, the explanation you were given, and whether you could check that explanation. A flag with a checkable, satisfactory answer drops off. A flag with an answer you cannot check stays on the list and counts towards the overall view.
A supplier who answers pointed questions plainly and in writing is giving you information in itself.
Trading name, legal name on documents and account holder differ without explanation.
A claimed production site that appears to be an office, or one address used by many unrelated names.
A recorded start date much later than the history presented.
No number, no issuing body, or a body you cannot find. Ask the issuer, not the supplier.
Identical photographs or copy under other company names.
Different fonts, dates or figures within a single document set.
Urgency used to avoid samples, specifications or written terms.
Answers by voice only or by a channel you cannot keep a record of.
An account holder who is not the supplier you have been dealing with.
LATYNEX's verification report sets what public records and sources show against what the supplier says, listing each discrepancy with its source.
It reports no obvious discrepancy found in reviewed sources or the discrepancies found. It is not a clearance and does not screen against sanctions lists.
Note what you saw, where you saw it and who said it, before any explanation arrives.
A question with a checkable answer, such as the certificate number or the registered name.
A register, an issuer, a second document.
Escalate when a pattern forms or the sums at risk justify a fuller review.
Research reports what can be established from public and provided sources. It is not a guarantee about a counterparty's future conduct and not legal advice.
No. Many have ordinary explanations. They are prompts to ask and check.
No. Absence of flags in what you looked at is only that.
Whether to pay while a flag is open is your decision. Write down which flags are open at the time you decide.
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