Company Continues to Add Tools to Help Merchants Prevent Online Fraud

Boston, MA, September 30, 2005-- MaxMind, an industry-leading provider of geolocation and online fraud detection tools, introduces the Telephone Number Identification (TNI) service.

The TNI service identifies the type of phone numbers customers provide and categorizes them into eight separate categories, such as fixed landline, mobile and VoIP. By identifying the phone type, online merchants can more effectively manage potential risks since different phone types carry different potential fraud risk.

Fraudsters are less likely to make purchases using a fixed landline phone because the phone number can be traced back to an address. They are more likely to use a VoIP service like Skype to obtain an U.S. based phone number from abroad since these numbers are untraceable and disposable.

"TNI is our latest offering in a series of tools that help merchants detect online fraud," said TJ Mather, president and founder of MaxMind. "Businesses are often hurt badly by fraudsters and at MaxMind, we are always continuing to add new tools to meet emerging fraud techniques used by fraudsters."

To learn more about the MaxMind Telephone Number Identification service, visit http://www.maxmind.com/app/phone_id

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 minFraud credit card fraud detection 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.