Credit Card Verification Plus: Contacting and identifying cardholder for verification of telephone sales orders and Ship-To address.

Open Account Verification: Assists in determining whether the ordering company exists and whether the Ship-To address is a valid receiving address for that open or GEM account customer. 

Open Account Verification Plus: Assists in determining whether the authorized purchaser at that particular company ordered the equipment to be shipped to the Ship-To address indicated on the order. 

Business And Reference Verification: Bank and trade reference verifications including a bank response form signed by the open accounts applicants bank officer. One to four trade references verified and cross-checked against Scottson and Michaels' negative database for prior fraudulent activities.

Government, Educational, and Medical Tracking And Resolutions: Scottson and Michaels provides the labor and resources necessary to research and assist in resolving low-priority GEM receivables that have fallen through the cracks without diverting your internal staff from current invoice issues. Scottson and Michaels goes back to the original shipping date, tracks the receivable and assists in resolving the issues holding up the payment process. Your staff can maximize their focus on current core business activities without consuming limited labor on aged receivable issues.

Purchase Order Verification: Scottson and Michaels provides a means for companies to verify the validity and authenticity of Purchase Orders. We can verify the existence of the issuing company, as well as the authenticity of the contents of the Purchase Order. This is an area where criminals, using advanced publishing and desktop imaging equipment, have begun to produce fraudulent Purchase Orders from real companies, or set up fake companies with authentic-looking documents for merchants to extend credit on.

All verifications are filtered through Scottson and Michaels' negative fraud database and are checked for prior fraudulent activities. Companies are checked for reported links to past insolvencies and bust-out activities, Individuals placing the order are checked for previous aliases involved with companies that have been in bust-out swindles. The Bill-To and Ship-To addresses are also checked for fraudulent activity in Scottson and Michaels' CCV negative database.

The above steps taken by Scottson and Michaels are designed to assist your company in determining whether or not shipments should be sent and are not designated to make an allegation of fraud or other business practices. The final decision on whether or not to ship is your company's decision.