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Monday, December 21, 2009

Identity Check Providers Will Tackle Deceased Fraud Head On

Tracesmart Ltd, arch providers of character artifice blockage accoutrement and data cleansing services, accept today appear that they are the aboriginal aggregation to be accustomed to accept UK afterlife allotment advice (DRI) as allotment of the General Register Office's (GRO) acknowledgment of afterlife allotment advice (DDRI) scheme. The DRI will be stored in Tracesmart's defended abstracts ability and active in the firm's ambit of casework which acquiesce their barter to conduct absolute identity checks to aid in the blockage of clothing of the asleep (IOD) artifice – a rapidly growing anatomy of character fraud.

The Home Office appraisal that character artifice currently costs the UK abridgement over £1.7 billion a year, so to advice accouterment this anytime growing abomination contempo legislation includes accoutrement to action IOD fraud. Under the Police and Justice Act 2006 and the Local Electoral Administration and Registrations Services (Scotland) Act 2006 the Registrars General for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland accept been accepted the ability to absolution DRI to abetment in the 'prevention, detection, analysis and case of offences'. In ablaze of this the DDRI arrangement was launched on 16th January 2008 to abutment the action adjoin IOD fraud. Administered on account of the three Registrars General by the GRO for England & Wales, the DDRI arrangement provides acknowledged applicants with an cyberbanking book of deaths registered in the UK on a account base – this will ensure that fraudsters can be bound articular and dealt with afore they can do any budgetary or affecting damage.

Tracesmart will be utilising the DRI in their cyberbanking character analysis and mortality screening casework which are active by a host of altered industries as Michael Trezise, Managing Director of Tracesmart, explains, "The majority of businesses can be afflicted by clothing of the asleep artifice and as such we accommodate a array of casework which acquiesce companies to assure themselves and consumers from this threat. Whether it is a attorneys close administering character checks as allotment of their anti-money laundering obligations or a acclaim agenda aggregation accustomed out know your customer due diligence, our audience can blow assured that our casework will abide in the beat of artifice blockage – a actuality that is able by our accepting the aboriginal aggregation to be accustomed by the GRO and our breath accretion of new data."

Prior to accepting accustomed by the GRO, Tracesmart had to fulfil a array of acrimonious prerequisites and underwent a abounding aegis analysis of their website and accumulator systems. The GRO implemented these measures to ensure that the DRI is alone accessed by adapted bodies and organisations for the purposes assigned by law.

The absolution of DRI is aswell accustomed by the UK's artifice blockage account – CIFAS – as their Head of Communications, Kate Beddington-Brown notes, "IOD artifice is unspeakably cruel, abacus abundantly to the affliction of beggared individuals at the affliction accessible time. The affecting abuse and banking ache that it can add to the anguish of afflication is unimaginable. Having campaigned for years for ameliorate that would put an end to IOD fraud, CIFAS was captivated if the Registrars General responded to the botheration by alive calm to accommodate a accessible solution. Now that their harder plan is assuredly advancing to fruition, we acceptable this advertisement and are assured that this will advice to brand out IOD artifice already and for all."

Notes to Editors:

Impersonation of the Deceased (IOD) Fraud – The character of a asleep being is adopted in adjustment to facilitate counterfeit activity.
Tracesmart Ltd – Formed in 1999, Tracesmart accumulation a ambit of artifice blockage casework via their cyberbanking character analysis and abstracts cleansing tools. Prominent in the pensions, legal, banking and retail sectors, their artifice blockage systems are relied aloft by businesses alignment from SME to Blue Chip.
Michael Trezise – Founder and Managing Director at Tracesmart, Trezise has all-encompassing acquaintance in artifice appraisal and prevention, acquaintance which provides the aggregation with a audible aggressive advantage.
CIFAS – The UK's Fraud Prevention Service – CIFAS is a not for accumulation associates affiliation committed to the blockage of banking abomination and agents fraud. CIFAS provides a ambit of artifice blockage casework to its members, including a artifice abstention arrangement acclimated by the UK's banking casework companies and accessible authorities.
www.cifas.org.uk


Contact: Adam Smith – Marketing Manager

Tracesmart Ltd
2 Sovereign Quay
Havannah Street
Cardiff
CF10 5SF
Tel: 02920 474 120
Mobile: 07976 637 091
Email: adam@tracesmart.co.uk
Photos Available on Request

Existence Service to Eradicate Impersonation of the Deceased Fraud

Making a concerted accomplishment to brand out Impersonation of the Deceased (IOD) fraud, Tracesmart, arch suppliers of character analysis tools, accept this anniversary launched Existence – a new apartment of casework with the abeyant to annihilate IOD fraud.

IOD is a anatomy of character artifice - it is estimated by the Home Office Identity Fraud Steering Committee, that character artifice costs the UK abridgement £1.7 billion annually. Whilst IOD artifice has historically been harder to accouterment due to the abridgement of afterlife annal accepting fabricated available, contempo changes in legislation accept accustomed the UK General Register Offices (GRO) to absolution afterlife allotment advice (DRI) to bartering bodies with the aim of preventing fraud. It is this move that has enabled Tracesmart to advance their apartment of casework which will accouterment IOD artifice arch on.

Combining all-embracing mortality screening and address verification, the account allows users to ascertain whether an alone is breath and if they abide at their accustomed address. Paul Weathersby, Technical Director at Tracesmart, commented on the abstracts which drives these checks.

"The bloodshed screening aspect of our Existence casework draws aloft the GRO’s DRI abstracts and the address verifier calls aloft a array of chump datasets including celebrated Electoral Rolls, arch gone abroad files and BT OSIS amidst others. The aggregate of these checks allows us to confidently analyze asleep individuals and gone aways."

The Existence apartment comprises three casework with which audience can conduct existence checks. Existence Search is an online ability which can be acclimated to conduct individual ad-hoc checks; Existence Batch is a accumulation screening account area assorted bodies can be absolute and the third, and possibly a lot of cogent service, is Existence Alert - an aboriginal admonishing arrangement that notifies users of mortalities at the ancient accessible opportunity.

Tracesmart has continued provided accoutrement for administering identity checks and has a able history in the acreage of artifice prevention. The aggregate of this acquaintance and acceptance to DRI will accredit the Existence casework to bigger advice put an end to IOD fraud. Mike Trezise, Managing Director at Tracesmart, has already apparent a top aggregate of absorption in the product.

"Prior to barrage we approached several key audience in the alimony and banking sectors to barometer bazaar absorption in the product. As we suspected, the appeal is a lot of absolutely there and we already accept arresting pensions administrators and ample schemes utilising the arrangement to alter certificate of existence exercises, and abounding in the banking area are employing it as allotment of their know your customer checks. Preventing IOD artifice will save businesses ample amounts of money and assure consumers from both budgetary and affecting harm."

Notes to Editors

Impersonation of the Deceased (IOD) Fraud – This anatomy of artifice occurs if the character of a asleep alone is affected and acclimated for counterfeit purposes.
Tracesmart Ltd – Formed in 1999, Tracesmart accumulation a ambit of artifice blockage casework via their cyberbanking character analysis and abstracts cleansing tools. Prominent in the pensions, legal, banking and retail sectors, their artifice blockage systems are relied aloft by businesses alignment from SME to Blue Chip.

Paul Weathersby – Tracesmart’s Technical Director, Weathersby is the active force abaft the development and assembly of Tracesmart's apartment of web-based services, and manages and directs their accomplished IT team.
Mike Trezise – Founder and Managing Director of Tracesmart, Trezise has all-encompassing acquaintance in artifice appraisal and prevention, acquaintance which provides the aggregation with a audible aggressive advantage.

Contact: Adam Smith – Marketing Manager

Tracesmart Ltd
2 Sovereign Quay
Havannah Street
Cardiff
CF10 5SF
Tel: 029 2047 4120
Mobile: 07976 637091
Email: adam@tracesmart.co.uk
Photos/Images Available on Request.

MerchantRMS Uses Technology for Credit Card Fraud Detection

Device identification is now accepting acclimated by MerchantRMS, as a agency to action transaction artifice on merchant stores; the specialty screening accessory generates a complete contour of the accessory at the point-of-sale just afterwards the chump enters the transaction apparatus details.

The contour includes the operating arrangement of the computer, browser details, internet account provider, the HTTP attack information, time area etc, the advantage of application accessory identification as one of the screening measures is that it can instantly analyze visiting computers.
The automated screening action is non-intrusive and aided by abstracts on counterfeit accessories acclimated by abyss for transaction fraud, an burning active in absolute quick time can block the transaction appropriately aspersing the accident of artifice in the process.

The online businesses are analytic at alternating screening measures to action transaction fraud, back claimed character data are so calmly accessible in the advancing atramentous market, artifice accident administration was in charge of amalgam technology which relies on added screening measures, which went above IP and Proxy verifications.

MerchantRMS is amidst a few companies that uses accessory identification for transaction artifice blockage on merchant websites, this screening action has benefited over 4000+ e-businesses, which are beneath their artifice aegis cover, abounding frauds accept been baldheaded and prevented, acknowledgment to the new screening marvel.MerchantRMS is amidst a few companies which use accessory fingerprinting as one of the screening measures for acclaim agenda artifice blockage on arcade barrow abundance fronts, to acquaintance the aggregation fax 1-800-482-6767
Credit Card Fraud Protection and Detection solutions are provided by MerchantRMS to online ecommerce companies. Credit agenda artifice is averted by sending burning alerts to merchants.MerchantRMS can be your custodian, careful and instantly alerting you in the accident of a counterfeit acclaim agenda accepting acclimated for an online transaction. The card-not-present interactions on the web accept accurate to be affected to acclaim agenda fraud; the online merchant food tend to lose the a lot of by way of allegation backs in all counterfeit transactions, the acclaim agenda aggregation is not the atomic affected, acclaim agenda artifice aegis is appropriately in the best absorption of a merchant.