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Beta: Report suspicious invoices

In this article, you'll learn how to report a suspicious invoice in Candis and what happens after you report it.

Written by Marius Sprenger

When to report an invoice

Report an invoice when there's a concrete indication of fraud, for example:

  • A known supplier's bank details changed on short notice, without prior notice or coordination.

  • A payment request comes across as unusually urgent

Simply not knowing who a supplier is doesn't count as a reason to report — that happens often in day-to-day business and isn't, on its own, a sign of fraud.

Tip: For more on the automatic check, see IBAN Risk Check: Identifying and reviewing risky IBANs.

How to report a suspicious invoice

  1. Open the affected invoice.

  2. Click the More menu in the bottom right.

  3. Select Report suspicious invoice.

  4. Check the displayed IBAN and enter a concrete reason in the What looks unusual about this invoice? field.

  5. Select Report invoice.

What happens after you report

  • The invoice is reviewed.

  • Approval is blocked — for this invoice and any other invoices with the same IBAN, both in your organization and in every other organization within your company.

  • If the suspicion is confirmed, Candis reviews the IBAN and may add it to the risk database. This benefits all Candis customers: other invoices with this IBAN then automatically trigger an IBAN Risk Check error.

Note: A report flags an IBAN as a risk, not as confirmed fraud. Every report is reviewed before an IBAN is added to the risk database. Only invoices with the exact same IBAN are blocked — not all invoices from the supplier in general.

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