Fraud Prevention
OVERVIEW
Detect fraud before it’s an issue.
Online fraud presents a material threat to individuals, corporations, and the broader economy, especially as mobile transactions are quickly becoming mainstream. According to LexisNexis, the cost of fraud for U.S. retail and ecommerce merchants, for instance, rose 15% in 2020 compared to 2019—every $1 of fraud cost these businesses $3.60.
The increase in mobile purchasing activity has led to growing fraud, escalating the need for new and improved fraud detection capabilities. Wireless carrier data has proven to be valuable in identifying potential fraud events.
Fraud Prevention by T-Mobile DevEdge is a collection of APIs that helps businesses detect fraud incidents through account and SIM verification, SIM change activity, routing verification, account change activity, and additional data points. Your organization will have access to a rich set of encrypted wireless data to identify suspicious activities and prevent fraud. And you are able to request individual data attributes or bundle the ones you need—see our pricing sheet under Resources for more details.
Six Fraud Prevention APIs available
Provide a mobile IP address, device ID, MSISDN (cell phone number), and/or CRM information and receive actionable data via the following available APIs:
Account Verification
Receive fraud scores for such data attributes as account type, primary account holder, service activation date, and subscriber status.
Account Status Changes
Scores include the last mobile number change date, subscriber status change date, last name change date, and last billing address change date.
Customer Verification
Get confirmation of the customer’s name (first and last), billing address, and email address.
Routing Verification
Receive routing verification scores including call-forwarding and roaming indicators.
Header Enrichment
We send the encrypted phone number for cross-referencing or requesting additional data to verify the end user identity and provide fraud and risk indicators.
Device SIM Verification
We send fraud scores for IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) activation and change dates, SIM activation and change dates, device lost/stolen Indicator, and device lost/stolen date..
Interactive documentation summary
Our advanced documentation outlines the requirements for integration into our APIs with the goal of getting you set up and calling our APIs as quickly as possible.
Once subscribed, you will have access to our full knowledge base, including:
- Swagger documentation
- Parameter definitions
- Request samples
- Response samples
- Schemas
What data can I access?
All fraud signals provided come in a scored format.
Here’s how to get started.
Set up an account.
Contact us for an enterprise T-Mobile account or to be added to your organization’s existing account.
Review Documentation.
Once logged in, access our documentation to review instructions for integrating your app with our API.
Get connected.
Once your agreement is signed and subscription set up, you can connect your app to our API.
