How to Detect Fraud Rings Using SSNs

By Alec Zimmer, Data Science Manager

SSN Background

When detecting synthetic fraud, it is particularly satisfying to uncover a fraud ring that has been working together to target a lender. One way that we…

Authorized User Marketplaces

Throughout our time at SentiLink, the team and I have come across a ton of interesting fraud — some synthetic, some a broader form of credit abuse, but all of it involves a significant degree of cleverness on the part of the borrower. Going forward, we will be sharing the…

Malicious Credit Report Freezes

In the course of detecting synthetic fraud, the team at SentiLink comes across many interesting tactics to misrepresent creditworthiness. One sophisticated tactic we’ve seen is the deliberate freezing or unfreezing of a given consumer’s credit report at each of the…

When Tradelines Disappear

By Max Blumenfeld, COO

Credit reports give lenders an overview of a potential borrower’s interactions with other financial institutions, allowing lenders to take total outstanding debt and previous borrowing behavior into consideration when underwriting a…