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Introduction To Anonymous Letter and Disguise Handwriting Diploma

The document discusses anonymous letters and disguising handwriting. It defines anonymous letters as those sent without a named author and notes they could be threatening, blackmailing, or spiteful in nature. The document outlines methods used to deliberately or accidentally disguise handwriting, such as changing letter style, size, or writing with the opposite hand. The goal of deliberate disguise is to avoid identification, while accidental variations occur due to surface, position, health, or intoxication. Reasons for disguise include anonymous letters, threats, ransom notes, and check or signature denial.

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Introduction To Anonymous Letter and Disguise Handwriting Diploma

The document discusses anonymous letters and disguising handwriting. It defines anonymous letters as those sent without a named author and notes they could be threatening, blackmailing, or spiteful in nature. The document outlines methods used to deliberately or accidentally disguise handwriting, such as changing letter style, size, or writing with the opposite hand. The goal of deliberate disguise is to avoid identification, while accidental variations occur due to surface, position, health, or intoxication. Reasons for disguise include anonymous letters, threats, ransom notes, and check or signature denial.

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INTRODUCTION TO ANONYMOUS LETTER AND

DISGUISE HANDWRITING

Richard C. Kashindye
Assistant Lecturer in Forensic Science
UDOM
ANONYMOUS LETTER

 Is the letter from unknown name or author.  Whilst many cases are dealt with as civil offences,
writers of blackmailing, threatening and
 the letter sent from the unknown person without
criminally libelous letters come within the ambit
any name.
of the criminal law and are liable to long sentence
 If the letter is threatening, or in any way likely to of imprisonment.
cause a breach of the peace, then the writer puts
 If anonymous letters are of threatening or
himself in peril of legal proceedings. .
blackmailing character efforts are made to detect
the offender wherever the offence takes place
EXAMPLES OF ANONYMOUS LETTER

Blackmailing letters. Letters of revenge:


 Money are demanded.  They contain allegations of some wrongful
act on the part of the person it is desired to
 instructions whereby the money is to pass from the victim harm in the hope of bringing them into
to the blackmailer. conflict with authority.
 Contain some reason why the victim should be called  Letters sent to the police, tax officials,
upon to pay. customs and excise, and to those in authority
in business and other organizations
 Promise that the current demand is positively and
Spiteful letters
definitely the last
 The letters with the intent of malicious and
Threatening letters: spite are also the range of anonymous letters
 Are letters containing threats designed to extort money or which contains abusive and rude language.
to obtain other property.
 It is important to distinguish between those threats which
are real and intended to terrorist ,
 Others which are so extravagant that the writer is never
DISGUISE HANDWRITING

 Any departure/change from normal handwriting habits.

 There are two types of disguise handwriting

i. Deliberate disguise handwriting

ii. Accidental disguise handwriting

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DELIBERATE DISGUISE HANDWRITING

 Any deliberate departure/change from normal handwriting habits

 Deliberate disguised handwriting is used by individuals who wish to avoid identification

 The attempt to disguise is more likely to be successful when the text is short rather than if it is

lengthy, as keeping up an effective disguise is hard to maintain.


ACCIDENTAL DISGUISE HANDWRITING

Accidental disguise handwriting


 Accidental or natural variation occurs due to:

Variation on writing surface


 Is the unconscious variations occurring on the
Writing position
handwriting of the an individual. Effect of writing instruments

Health of the writer

Drug and alcohol intoxication

Guided hand

Impaired vision
REASON FOR DISGUISE HANDWRITING

 Blackmailing letters

 Threatening letters:

 Ransom notes

 Check frauds/ Writing fictitious checks.

 Anonymous letter

 Submitting handwriting standards.

 Signing name with the purpose of denying signature later on


BASIC METHOD OF DISGUISE HANDWRITING

1. Capital Letters. 6. Writing with the unaccustomed opposite hand


 A popular and frequently used method (used by
7. Using a different writing instrument
about 45% of those who wish to avoid
8. Pretending to be illiterate by using poor
recognition).
spellings or incorrect grammar.
2. Change of Slant.
9. Embellished letter forms.
3. Change of Size.
 i‟ dot (added or omitted) t cross altered.
 Although size can be easily changed, the
10. Sometimes text is cut out of newspapers and
proportions between the zones remain the same.
pasted into a message
4. Change of writing speed.

5. Blocks letter

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