For example, when forging Benjamin Franklin, he always imitated Franklin's handwriting as he produced it in his youth. Dont even bother with document forgery.This uses 4 examples of Franklin signatures, all purporting to date after 1776. How about a falsely embossed credit card or altered debit card? The owner of a Franklin County school bus contractor is accused of forging documents so she could continue to drive a bus, even though she wasn't cleared to. The New York State Unified Court System offers free instruction booklets and forms for people starting a divorce. Using forged documents to scam your way out of jail may seem the ultimate Hail Mary pass, but it sometimes works. Examples of forgery include signing another person's name on a check or on a contract or falsifying an academic transcript. By April 22, Franklin had printed this hoax, a purported supplement to a Boston newspaper.