Manufactured Legitimacy

A legitimate company. A professional invoice. A recognizable brand. A convincing identity. And a transaction that may still be fraudulent. Manufactured Legitimacy examines one of the most dangerous realities of modern business fraud: scams no longer need to look suspicious. They can be constructed from real companies, authentic information, professional documents, established commercial practices, prestigious names-and just enough truth to make the critical falsehood believable. Drawing on decades of business experience and a transaction that resulted in devastating personal and commercial loss, Priya Selvaratnam examines how legitimacy is manufactured, why experienced businesspeople can be deceived, and how to verify what actually matters before money, inventory, information, credit, or authority becomes difficult to recover. This is not a book about distrusting everyone. It is about knowing what to trust, what to verify, and when one more question can change the outcome. Legitimacy can be manufactured. Verification cannot.