Mobile Intelligence

Phone number fraud detection and risk scoring. Verify mobile number reputation, activity, and abuse signals to reduce KYC onboarding fraud.

About service

Mobile Intelligence is a phone number fraud detection check. It analyzes a customer’s mobile number to assess risk using mobile network and reputation signals.

Use it to reduce onboarding fraud, catch high-risk numbers early, and a mobile number verification step when running deeper KYC checks.

Common use cases

Use Mobile Intelligence anywhere the phone number is a core identifier:

  • KYC onboarding and account opening: Flag risky phone numbers when running identity checks.

  • SMS OTP and phone ownership flows: Treat high-risk numbers as a step-up signal alongside SMS Verification.

  • Account takeover (ATO): Detect suspicious phone number changes and low-trust numbers.

  • Promo and referral abuse: Spot reused or abusive numbers across sign-ups.

Analysis performed

The check combines phone number verification and reputation signals to produce an overall mobile number fraud risk score.

Detailed verification checks

Analysis
Verifications Performed

Risk Analysis

  • Valid format: Confirms that the mobile number follows correct international and regional formatting rules.

  • Recent abuse: Flags whether the number has been associated with recent fraudulent or abusive activity.

  • Activity: Assesses the number’s usage history to check if it is active or dormant.

  • Digital number analysis: Examines deeper digital risk signals such as carrier type and number reputation.

  • Risk level analysis: Generates a fraud risk score (0–100) indicating the overall likelihood of the number being compromised or fraudulent.

Check duration

A Mobile Intelligence Check takes an average of 2 seconds to complete.

Combine Mobile Intelligence with other fraud intelligence signals:

Use these to run Mobile Intelligence inside a broader KYC workflow and decision flow: