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RiskScore
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Updated over 2 weeks ago

What is RiskScore?

The RiskScore delivers an actionable, numerical value on a scale of 0-100 representing the overall risk associated with an identity verification session. During the identity verification(IDV) process, Veriff analyzes the end user’s document, face biometrics, device, and network along with previous fraud patterns to deliver industry-leading fraud assessment and protection. It is calculated based on various signals generated throughout the end user's IDV journey and further tuned by Veriff's data science team using advanced machine-learning models.

RiskScore, along with additional risk intelligence, can be ingested into an organization's own risk management system for further investigation and decision-making.

Why is it useful?

The RiskScore gives you a single, meaningful value that represents the risk associated with a session, enabling you to make fast and efficient assessments, implement new strategies, and fine-tune existing fraud rules to defend against evolving threats.

RiskScore also delivers some Insights that explain the key reason behind the risk score.

RiskScore Insights (Risk Label)

Description

Person_in_document_photo_might_not_be_present_during_verification

The person in the selfie is not present or does not match the document photo

Selfie_image_has_insufficient_quality

Selfie image is of insufficient quality

Physical_document_might_not_be_present

The provided document image is potentially not an image of an actual physical document

Potentially_fraudulent_document

Potentially fraudulent document

One_or_more_document_dates_show_risk_pattern_for_this_document_specimen

One or more dates on the presented document indicate risks associated with this document specimen

Unsupported_specimen

Unsupported or unrecognised document

Extracted_document_data_anomaly

Anomalies in extracted document data indicate fraud risk

Potential_third_party_presence_in_selfie

Potential third-party presence in the session selfie

Insufficient_document_data_quality

Poor conditions or unreliable extraction of document fields lead to insufficient document data quality

Unusual_time_to_complete_one_or_more_verification_flow_steps

Unusual amount of time to complete one or more verification flow steps

Ip_document_country_datapoints_show_risk_pattern

IP address and document country data points indicate higher risk

Velocity_abuse_duplication_risk

Increased risk of velocity abuse due to multiple verification attempts.

You can also see more information on Risk Label/insight here: https://help.veriff.com/en/articles/3410712-risk-labels-and-crosslinks

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