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How we check

How we check a deal

Two kinds of check. The free check runs on our secure server: it reads the wording, the numbers and the file, and shows warning signs. Your file is not stored. We keep a record of each check (what was entered and the result shown) for 12 months to improve accuracy and handle disputes. The Deal Check (USD 8.88) runs the public sources below automatically, on both sides. The Analyst Deal Check (USD 299) adds a human-reviewed written report.

On your device (free check)

The free check: every source, in the order it runs

Each line of your check names the source, the exact words searched and the real result. The counts are read live when your check runs. A free check is fully automatic: no person reviews it. The Vanguard analyst desk works only on a paid Analyst Deal Check.

  1. Company registry (LEI): the GLEIF register of Legal Entity Identifiers — the company name or LEI, and close names for “Did you mean”.
  2. Wikidata: public company records (name, country, official website).
  3. National register (only when you choose a country we can search automatically): France — recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr (Sirene); Norway — the Brønnøysund Register Centre (data.brreg.no); Brazil — the CNPJ register through BrasilAPI. For other countries we show you the link to the official register so you can check it yourself.
  4. Producers & terminals: our lists of real refineries and producers and real storage terminals, each with its official website.
  5. Warning lists: domains and names flagged in real cases and public warnings.
  6. Fake-website scan: the website and e-mail domain compared with the real companies' domains (one letter changed, added words).
  7. Sanctions: the sanctions lists in our screening database; the check line names the lists and the number of entries searched.
  8. News & court reports: world news since 1 January 2017 (GDELT, a free open index of news worldwide), searched for the company name and its name without the legal ending together with words such as fraud, court, charged, convicted, liquidation, investigation, warning or sanctions. A finding is marked serious only when the headline names the company together with fraud, charged, convicted, court or regulator. A company's news is read from GDELT at most once every 7 days; the check line shows the date it was read and the source. When GDELT does not answer, the check says so (never “no news”), and we try again in the background every hour for 24 hours and add the result to the report when it answers. Source: The GDELT Project.
  9. Regulator warnings: official warning lists that are free to use — the U.S. SEC list of unregistered soliciting entities (PAUSE) and the U.S. CFTC Registration Deficient (RED) list, refreshed every week. A match is serious. Lists whose terms do not allow automated use (for example the UK FCA Warning List) are not copied; we link to them so you can check them yourself.
  10. Vanguard case list: cases our team has confirmed, each with a short facts line and its source links, matched by company name, domains and e-mail addresses. A match is serious. Reports from visitors stay private until our team confirms the facts with sources.
  11. Domain records (RDAP): when the website and e-mail domain were registered, from the official RDAP service of the domain registry.

Findings are facts with sources, not our opinion. We never call a company a fraud or a scam. A finding says what a source published, when, and where — with the link. The free check shows how many findings there are and how serious they are; the Deal Check (USD 8.88) shows each finding in full with its source.

Go deeper (when you add the seller's documents): the registration number format for the country, the same details across all documents, the seller's e-mail and website, Kazakhstan IIN/BIN date rules, and every name and domain screened against the warning lists and sanctions. Not found in public lists is common for smaller companies and does not mean a company is fake.

Public sources (Deal Check and company check)

Check us: Dubai South licence 14282

Vanguard Verify is run by Vanguard Trade Capital Goods Wholesalers DWC-LLC, Registration No. 13236 · Licence No. 14282, issued by Dubai Aviation City Corporation (Dubai South Free Zone).

Free-zone licences are not listed in the UAE National Economic Register. To confirm our licence, contact the issuing free zone, Dubai South, directly: dubaisouth.ae · [email protected] · 800-76884 (+971 800 76884). Quote Registration No. 13236 and Licence No. 14282. We also send a copy of our licence on request: [email protected].

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