ThreatMetrix Explains How to Beat Online Fraudsters

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    The Internet makes it fast and easy for people to connect with other people, to buy things, move money and engage anyone anywhere in the world instantly. Before the Internet, fraud was mostly a paper-based scheme like check kiting, embezzlement, and forgery. But the benefits that the Internet offers businesses and consumers are also available to fraudsters: speed, global reach, efficiency, convenience—with opportunity, accessibility and anonymity that have made fraud a top concern for consumers, governments and businesses everywhere. Like the dog in the famous New Yorker cartoon that tells the other “No one can tell you’re a dog on the Internet,” it’s very hard to tell if the person at your website is who they claim to be.

    Get a “50,000 foot overview” of how device identification works, real-world examples of how customers use it to stop fraud, and why it’s more customer-friendly than other anti-fraud mechanisms.

       What device identification is and how it works  

     

       Where device ID anti-fraud solutions fit in the fraud prevention landscape  

     

       The Top Eight Benefits of Device Identification: What They are and Why They Matter  

     

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