Gaming

Gaming is defined as the act of playing electronic games, whether by the use of consoles, PCs, cell phones or other intermediate tools. Although gaming is usually an introverted recreation, multiplayer online video games have become a popular hobby.

Gaming Fraud

Gaming fraud occurs when a fraudster deliberately misinforms somebody about information on a game, so that when that person makes a wager on the results of that game, they are doing so with incorrect information, generally making them more likely to lose. Sports tampering and claiming false bets are two examples of gaming fraud.

Geographical IP Detector

What is a Geographical IP Detector?

A geographical IP detector, or IP geolocation, allows you to trace where an IP address is located on the globe. By mapping the IP address geographically you can easily get information on a person's country. For example, this information might include city, longitude, state, ISP, area code, and other pieces of data. This data provides fraud detection services, marketing firms, and government agencies information to better protect consumers and curate advertising and strategy. 

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How does it work?

Every device that participates in a computer network possesses a unique IP address, or an “Internet Protocol” address. Each IP packet must contain a header with the IP address of the sender. This header provides IP verification and geolocation services location information to verify legitimate purchases and bank transactions. 

Several free and paid geolocation databases exist in each jurisdiction with varying claims of accuracy (the highest is at the country level). Regional internet registries allocate and distribute IP addresses amongst organizations in their regions. For example, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) allocates American IPs. Similarly, the API registry, Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) distributes IP addresses and location data in Asia.

More IP data can be determined through data or user submissions:

  • Website submitted - for example, what city an IP searches for weather in, or where they order delivery). 
  • Wi-fi positioning through neighborhood internet providers.
  • Bluetooth device locations within a neighborhood.
  • Pairing an IP address with a GPS location of the device using the same IP.
  • Internet service provider data.
  • Routing information.

To get a clearer picture, one can scrub data for anomalies, weigh each address against statistics of user-submitted data, or use third-party tests.

IP geolocation is not without vulnerabilities, however - just as consumers purchase VPNs to keep their geolocation data private, so too do fraudsters.

What is it used for?

Organizations often use geographical IP detection in firewalls, ad servers, routing, mail systems, websites, and automated systems that require or use geolocation. Additionally, some commercial databases even provide IP geolocation and demographic data. Companies use it for demographic-type targeting for strategy and advertising, location-based gaming (ex. Pokemon Go), and regional media licensing. Furthermore, IP geolocation assists 9-1-1 dispatchers in finding the exact location of a caller.

KYC laws

To prevent money laundering, trafficking, and illegal trading, the US government imposes strict "Know-Your-Customer" (KYC) laws on banks and e-retailers. Fortunately, geographical IP detection can help protect banks from being implicated in money laundering schemes by matching IP addresses to online visitors.

Fraud detection

E-retailers and payment processors can detect credit card fraud with geographical IP detection by comparing IP location to the billing or shipping address on the account. When used in authentication, IP geolocation and verification can also prevent phishing attacks and money laundering schemes. 

Fraud.net offers a variety of services for fraud prevention, powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning - IP verification is just one of them. With a combination of security protocols that detect and analyze potential fraud, you can protect your organization from threats.

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Geolocation Detection

Geolocation refers to the identification of the geographic location of a user or computing device via a variety of data collection mechanisms. Typically, most geolocation services use network routing addresses or internal GPS devices to determine this location.

Ghost Employee

A ghost employee is a common ploy used in payroll fraud. A ghost employee is a person who is on an employer's payroll, but who does not actually work for the company, and perhaps does not exist at all. Someone in the payroll department creates and maintains a ghost employee in the payroll system, and then intercepts and cashes the paychecks intended for this person for themselves.

Ghost terminal

Ghost terminal, used in recent reports of skimming crimes, are electronic devices tailored to copy a credit card’s magnetic strip and Personal Identification Number in order to steal money from an account. They are manufactured devices that appear to be real ATM touch pads or credit-card readers. They are often placed over a legitimate ATM or other card-reading device, often in a manner that is unnoticeable to most consumers.

Gift Card Scammer Numbers

Gift cards are a popular way for scammers to steal money from you. This is because gift cards are like cash: if you buy a gift card and someone uses it, you probably cannot get your money back. Anyone who demands payment by gift card is likely a scammer.

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Global Address Verification Directories

Address validation is the process of checking a mailing address against an authoritative database to see if the address is valid. If the address in question matches an address in the official database, the address "validates", meaning it's a real address. Addresses that do not match any addresses in the database are marked as "invalid", meaning the address either doesn't exist or isn't registered with the official postal service. Most countries around the world have their own respective databases against which addresses can be validated.

Government

The word government refers to a group of people that governs a community or unit. A government sets and administers public policy and exercises executive, political and sovereign power through customs, institutions, and laws within a state.

Government Fraud

Government fraud refers to when an individual purposefully deceives the government so as to benefit from this deception. Examples of government fraud include tax evasion, welfare fraud, and counterfeit currency.

GPS Spoofer

A GPS spoofer allows a device to pretend it is at a different location than its current location. This can be used to deceive services that attempt to track where you are located.

Grandparent Scam

In a typical grandparent scam, a con artist calls or emails the victim posing as a relative in distress or someone claiming to represent the relative (such as a lawyer or law enforcement agent). The "relative" of the grandparent explains she is in trouble and needs their grandparent to wire them funds that will be used for bail money, lawyer’s fees, hospital bills, or another fictitious expense.