Updates on Credit Card Fraud Detection Service for an Increased Level of Security

Boston, MA, August 17, 2005-- MaxMind, an industry-leading provider of geolocation and online fraud detection tools, adds two new variables for the Credit Card Fraud Detection (CCFD) service to supplement the Address Verification Service (AVS) check.

The cityPostalMatch and shipCityPostalMatch variables determine if the provided billing/shipping city and state correspond to the zip code provided.

"In some cases, fraudsters may have the card number, zip code and address but not the city and state information," said TJ Mather, president and founder of MaxMind. "The AVS checks only the zip code and the numeric portion of the street address and does not verify that the complete address. The cityPostalMatch and shipCityPostalMatch variables act as an extra level of security in identifying fraudulent transactions."

Both parameters are currently available for U.S. addresses only.

For more information about the new outputs as well as the other outputs, visit http://www.maxmind.com/app/ccv.

About Credit Card Fraud Detection (CCFD)
MaxMind's industry-leading Credit Card Fraud Detection (CCFD) service is aimed at helping merchants prevent fraud from online card-not-present transactions. Through its comprehensive fraud screening system, merchants can accurately detect and automatically flag attempted fraudulent orders. The service currently protects over 6000 e-commerce businesses.

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.