Prevent fraud with proxy detection

Prevent fraud with proxy detection API  popular tool for online privacy and security, but they can also be used by criminals to hide their activities. Proxy detection is the process of assessing a user’s connection details to detect whether they are using a proxy. This helps businesses prevent fraudulent activities like account takeover, account creation, click fraud, and more.

Proxy detection can be a valuable addition to any business that relies on user-generated data. Combined with browser fingerprinting and other verification tools, it can help improve security and ensure that all users are human.

How does a proxy work?

A proxy is a service that spoofs a user’s IP address, making it appear as though they are connecting from a different location. Fraudsters use proxies to circumvent geo-blocking and create multiple accounts to take advantage of free trials or discounts.

While the risk associated with a proxy is relatively low, it can be difficult to identify using traditional methods. This is because proxy networks can contain residential, private, and even paid proxies as well as data centers and hosting providers.

To combat this, SEON’s proxy detection API offers a best-in-class solution by combining fingerprinting with a real-time IP reputation lookup to identify risky proxies, VPNs, and TOR connections. This API provides businesses with a risk score for every IP address along with additional data points like location, device type, and connection type. The strictness request parameter lets businesses set the level of scrutiny to determine how in-depth the query should be. This can reduce the number of false-positives by limiting how many data points are evaluated.