[FundingCzar]

keep a file of real statements one for each of the main banks that you see often. When you see something that looks off or a red flag goes up having a real one to compare to helps. When a fake is on your screen next to a real statement the flaws jump out.

Definitely the best way to go. Other tell tale signs- unusually high average daily balances. Another trick fraudsters will do is have a large deposit come into the account and then back it out at the end of the same day with a few checks/electronic withdrawals.

As an aside, about once a month I get statements that look completely fraudulent, but after reviewing I realized the merchant actually converted the pdf's into a word document, printed them, and then scanned them in. No clue why they would do that, but it makes the statements look ridiculously fake because of the wonky text recognition.