Risk Flags

A comprehensive list of risk flags returned by ID Check

Risk Flag	Category	Risk Level	Explanation
high_device_risk	Device	High	Device likely emulator, VM
proxy_detected	Network	Moderate	ID Check on a proxy IP
vpn_detected	Network	Moderate	ID Check on a VPN
datacenter_detected	Network	Moderate	ID Check on a datacenter IP
recent_fraud_ip	Network	Low	IP recently reported as fraud
impossible_travel_detected	ID Selling	High	Referring session geolocation is far from ID Check geolocation relative to timespan
ip_document_country_mismatch	ID Selling	Moderate	Current IP geolocation country does not match document geolocation
cannot_confirm_id_is_authentic	ID Fraud	Moderate	ID may be spoofed or digital media (image)
likely_fake_id	ID Fraud	High	ID very likely fake
id_expired	ID Fraud	Low	ID Expiration date is past
id_age_below_16	COPPA	High	DOB on ID indicates user is below 16 years old
low_id_face_match_score	ID Fraud	High	Face does not match ID Photo
moderate_id_face_match_score	ID Fraud	Moderate	Face may not match ID photo
repeat_face	Multi-Accounting	High	Face has been seen in your application under a different account
repeat_id	Multi-Accounting	High	ID has been seen in your application under a different account
repeat_device	Multi-Accounting	High	Device has been used for multiple ID Checks
known_fraud_face	Fraud Farm	Moderate	Face is associated with fraud
known_fraud_id	Fraud Farm	Moderate	ID is associated with fraud
different_device_type_same_category	ID Selling	Moderate	Referring session and ID Check session are same device category (e.g., mobile), but are different types (iPhone, Android)
same_device_type_different_ip	ID Selling	Moderate	Referring session and ID Check session are same device type (e.g., iPhone), but are different IPs
potential_link_sharing	ID Selling	Low	Referring session is likely sharing the verification link
location_spoofing	ID Selling	High	The user is actively trying to obfuscate their current location
referring_ip_mismatch	ID Selling	Low	Referring session IP different than ID Check session IP
referring_user_agent_mismatch	ID Selling	Low	Referring session user agent different than ID Check user agent
referring_device_timezone_mismatch	ID Selling	Moderate	Referring session device timezone is a meaningfully different region than verification timezone
referring_ip_timezone_mismatch	ID Selling	Moderate	Referring session ip timezone is a meaningfully different region than verification timezone