Anyone Use MaxMind minFraud?

Just wanted to find out whether any of you use MaxMind minFraud to prevent fraudulent transactions.

I'm particularly interested to know:

- Wether one API call equals one credit (i.e. $0.004 per transaction - seems cheap to me so I figured one 'call' might consist of multiple queries)?
- How useful it is in your experience, i.e. did it catch only obvious ones or do you feel it actually may have prevented the odd chargeback?

I'm also wondering whether it's a US focussed app or whether it's also useful for UK/other e-commerce providers.

Thanks.

Edit (PayPal/eBay take notes): Wow! Impressed. Requested the demo with two questions that couldn't have been answered by a bot, got the account set-up and the questions answered in under 2 minutes. I like their style.

 

I don't use MaxMind minFraud, but I do use their Geolocation service. I am very happy with it. I know it does bill every time you query, whether it is the same information or not. For my purpose, it does indeed work out to be an affordable and useful service.

 

I bought ip2location's geolocation database, not the webservice. Turns out this minFraud has the same capabilities built in!

I installed the demo and already have it up and running. At just $0.004 a transaction it's not like I have anything to lose.

 

Thats the cheapest service like that I have heard of. I would like to know how it works out for you. Most of the programs I have come across want an extra $.05 / transaction, and sometimes more. $.004 is pretty much negligible.

 

I was expecting catches too. But they even gave me a 1000 query un-time-limited trial. I specifically asked about whether one api call was one query. I just had it up and running and they report remaining queries with every call and indeed it does take one for each call. And that gives you all you need to dtermine whether it's dodgy or not (obviously besides the actual CVV and AVS card checks from your bank).

 

I use MaxMind Standard Credit Card Fraud Detection Service. It's cheap but the listed price is the charged price. I've been using them since '04. We combine their score with other internal factors and that system has been working very well for us. They get a thumbs up from me.

 

Good to hear. I have it implemented now on a test shop and I think I'll roll with it. Seems reasonably useful and if it catches one fraudster over a two year period we'd have our money back.

I am also going to combine the results with other criteria to weigh an overall fraud score.

BTW I think they renamed that service now to minFraud. You probably have the same.