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Tenant Screening

Fake proof-of-income is how bad tenants get keys.

Fabricated bank statements and doctored payslips are the most common way dishonest tenants pass income checks. By the time the first missed payment arrives, the lease is signed and eviction is costly. A forensic check on every application document catches the fraud before you commit to a tenancy.

$3,500+

average cost of evicting a non-paying tenant

1 in 6

rental applications contain misrepresented financial information

Minutes

to integrate TamperCheck into your application workflow

The problem

What fraud looks like in tenant screening

Fabricated bank statements

Applicants submit bank statements with edited balances, added salary credits, or removed debit entries to appear financially stable. Running balance plausibility and row alignment analysis expose the manipulation.

Inflated payslips

Gross pay figures are altered to meet the income-to-rent ratio required by the property manager. Arithmetic checks and font consistency across the payslip reveal the tampering.

Utility bill address manipulation

Utility bills with edited names or addresses are submitted as proof of residency. Issuer branding, billing period plausibility, and table integrity are all checked.

How TamperCheck helps

A forensic verdict in seconds

Add a single API call to your rental application flow. Every bank statement, payslip, and utility bill an applicant submits is verified before your property manager reviews it — so your team only spends time on genuine applications.

Digital PDFsPhone photosScanned hard copiesPhysical stampsHandwritten signatures

What we check

  • Bank statement balance plausibility across all rows
  • Payslip gross-to-net arithmetic consistency
  • Utility bill issuer branding and account number format
  • PDF text layer vs raster discrepancy detection
  • Font and spacing consistency across all financial fields
  • Table row insertion and deletion fingerprints

Documents we verify

Common document types in tenant screening

Bank StatementPayslipSalary CertificateUtility BillTax ReturnEmployment Contract+ 100 more document types supported

See it working on your documents

Start with $5 in free credits — no contract, no card required. Upload your first document and get a verdict in seconds.