SMS Pumping vs. Smishing: What's the Difference?
SMS pumping and smishing are both SMS fraud, but one inflates your costs while the other attacks your users. See how they differ and how to defend against each.
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Fraud Detection & Prevention
Explore guides, research, and practical resources focused on identifying fraud patterns and minimizing digital risk. Learn about account abuse, payment fraud, suspicious behavior signals, and the layered security approaches businesses use through fraud prevention solutions. Related tools and resources include URL Scanner, IP Reputation Check, Domain Reputation, Email Verification, which can help businesses monitor traffic quality, identify abuse patterns, validate user data, and strengthen security workflows.
What Is an IP Fraud Score? Definition & Examples
An IP fraud score rates how likely an IP address is tied to fraud or abuse. Learn what it means, what signals feed it, and how to read the 0-100 scale.
How IPQS Helped ZinQ Media Improve Their Lead Generation Pipeline
Learn how IPQS helped ZinQ media combat large-scale fraud and fake user signups to drastically improve their pipeline
How IPQS Enhanced Toluna’s Panelist Quality with Advanced Device Fingerprinting
Learn how IPQS helped Toluna improved fake panelist detection by 78%
How Phone.com Reduced Fraud and Protected VoIP Users with IPQualityScore
Learn how Phone.com dramatically improved their fraud prevention with the help of IPQS
Inside the IPQS Honeypot Network: How Real Attacks Become Fraud Signals
See how the IPQS honeypot network captures live fraud and bot activity across 150+ countries and turns it into real-time risk scores with low false positives.
Behind Chess.com’s Fight Against Fraud
See how Chess.com detects spoofed connections, blocks fraud early, and helps keep online competition fair for millions.
Stopping Bot Farms: Spotting Coordinated Signups
Learn the signals that connect fake accounts into clusters, and stop signup attacks fast with device and infrastructure intel.
How to Detect AI Dating App Accounts Early
Use layered risk signals to catch synthetic profiles early, limit high-risk actions, and stop scam links before they reach real users.
Stronger Session Security with Passkeys and IPQS
See how IPQS strengthens passkey logins with live device, network, and identity checks to cut fraud while keeping sign-ins simple.
Fraud Detection for Casinos: How IPQS Protects Play
Learn how IPQS blends device intelligence and identity checks to stop money laundering and credit card fraud while reducing false positives
Introducing the IPQS Chrome Extension for Fraud Detection
Quickly analyze IPs, emails, phone numbers, and URLs directly in your browser with the new IPQS Chrome extension.
How IPQS Stops SMS Pumping Fraud Before AIT Costs
See how IPQS stops SMS pumping (AIT) fraud before messages are sent, using phone validation, device fingerprinting, and real-time risk scoring to block toll fraud.
Synthetic Identities, Proxies & Real Identities for Sale
Learn how synthetic identities can be used to bypass onboarding and KYC to impact your business.
The Business Case for Email Verification: Stop Fraud Early
See how email verification cuts fraud and bounces, boosts deliverability, and improves user quality.
Unmasking Gift Card Fraud: Advanced Fraud Detection Guide
Learn how cybercriminals inflate traffic with fake clicks and how you can can protect your business
How Device Fingerprinting Works to Detect Fraud
A practical look at how device fingerprinting detects fraud: the signals it collects, how a device fingerprint is generated and matched, and how risk scoring turns it into real-time decisions.
The Dark Web’s Role in Identity Data Leaks and Online Fraud
Discover how stolen credentials fuel online fraud on the dark web—and learn the crucial steps businesses can take to protect their data before it's too late.
The Guide to Dark Web Monitoring and Threat Intelligence
Discover how threat intelligence and dark web monitoring can strengthen your fraud prevention
SMS Pumping Fraud Explained: What It Is & How to Prevent It
SMS pumping fraud (AIT) exploits OTP and verification flows to run up huge SMS bills. Learn how the attack works, how to spot it, and how to prevent it.
IPQS Malware Scanning API: Scan Files & URLs for Malware
Use the IPQS malware scanning API to scan files and URLs for malware in real time. Includes request and response examples, quick vs. full scans, and best practices.
Prevent Fraudsters: Your Guide to Fraud Detection in 2023
Fraud detection is becoming an increasingly difficult challenge, as websites are facing a new level of advanced bad actors and cybercriminals as they launch attacks from fake account creation to account takeover.
Fraud Detection API: Enhance Risk Scoring & Fraud Prevention
See how a unified fraud API boosts risk scoring and stops abuse across channels.
Unmasking Gift Card Fraud: Sophisticated Fraud Detection Techniques
Learn how to beat gift card fraud with advanced signals, device risk, and velocity rules with IPQS.
Fraud Prevention Explained - Benefits of Fraud Detection API
Fraud Prevention APIs help companies mitigate risk in real-time by preventing fraud such as detecting fake accounts, preventing chargebacks, bad users, account takeover (ATO), bots, and similar abuse.
Email Address Fraud Prevention: Signals & Strategies
Turn the email address you already collect into a fraud signal. See the email risk indicators that flag bad actors and how email risk scoring prevents abuse without adding friction.
eCommerce Fraud Prevention: Stop Chargebacks
Cut chargebacks and high-risk payments with proven eCommerce fraud prevention tips, tools, and practical risk rules.
9 Best Ways to Stop Bots From Submitting Forms
See how to block form spam and fake users and learn the nine proven methods to stop bots from submitting forms.
What Is KYC Verification? Everything You Need to Know
Understand KYC verification basics, steps, and best practices to reduce risk and meet compliance.
What Is Payment Fraud? The Types and How to Prevent Them
Understand payment fraud types and get proven tactics to reduce chargebacks and losses.
Integrating Fraud Prevention with Zapier is Easy
Instantly enable fraud prevention for your favorite services such as SalesForce, Shopify, PayPal, Stripe, and more with IPQS fraud detection plugin for Zapier.
How to Prevent Account Takeover Fraud (ATO Fraud)?
Learn how to deploy proven ATO defenses—MFA, device intelligence, password hygiene, and velocity rules to stop takeovers.
Intro to Chargebacks - What is a Chargeback? Are They Fraud?
Chargebacks are a frequent headache for merchants and online sellers, but they can be easily prevented. Without fraud protection, chargebacks can add up to thousands of dollars per month in lost revenue and products.
The Best Payment, Fraud, & Ecommerce Conferences in 2019
The must attend events for payment conferences, fraud conventions, and ecommerce conferences in 2019. Network with companies that are changing the payment industry.
Mobile Fraud in 2021 and How to Prevent It
Mobile eCommerce and click fraud is everywhere! Here are a few ways to prevent mobile fraud before it becomes an issue for your company.