Phone Verification Process Added to Enhance Fraud Detection Solutions

Boston, MA, July 11, 2005-- MaxMind, an industry-leading provider of geolocation and online fraud detection tools, launches the Telephone Verification service.

By removing some of the anonymity offered by the Internet, the process provides merchants with another tool to prevent online fraud.

The Telephone Verification service can run as an independent service or it can be combined with MaxMind's Credit Card Fraud Detection (CCFD) service for optimum protection. Businesses can also customize the Telephone Verification service accordingly to their business needs. For example, the setting can be adjusted so that the system requires telephone verification only from customers who are using free e-mail addresses or orders that have a score above a certain CCFD threshold value.

“MaxMind's automation of the manual phone verification process is easy to implement and an effective deterrent against online fraudsters,” said TJ Mather, president and founder of MaxMind. “Fraudsters would most likely not be willing to go through with this extra step since it increases the risk of the fraud being traced back to them.”

For an online demo, or to learn more about the Telephone Verification service, visit http://www.maxmind.com/app/telephone_overview.

About MaxMind
MaxMind is an industry-leading provider of geolocation and online fraud detection tools. MaxMind’s GeoIP solution accurately pinpoints the geographical location of Internet visitors in real-time. MaxMind also offers the Credit Card Fraud Detection (CCFD) service for e-commerce businesses that accept card-not-present transactions. MaxMind is based in Boston, Massachusetts. To learn more about MaxMind, visit http://www.maxmind.com.