Defend Against Fraud and Abuse from Fake Account Creation

A fake account is a fraudulent or automated account created to impersonate real users or to carry out malicious activities such as spamming, spreading misinformation, or committing fraud. These accounts can be used to manipulate social proof, skew analytics, or abuse loyalty programs. Detecting and blocking fake accounts is essential for maintaining trust, accuracy, and safety in digital platforms.

Common examples include coupon abuse, loyalty program abuse, free trial exploitation, fake reviews and other influence abuse, spamming, malware spreading and testing of stolen credit cards.

Fake account creation is typically carried out by cybercriminals, scammers, or fraud rings that use automation or bots to generate large numbers of accounts quickly. These bad actors may target social networks, ecommerce sites, or financial services platforms to carry out scams, fraud, or other abusive behaviors. Stopping fake account creation helps protect both businesses and their legitimate users from exploitation.

Stopping fake account creation requires advanced behavioral analysis, device fingerprinting, and real-time detection of unusual activity during the sign-up process. HUMAN’s application protection solutions identify patterns that signal automation or fraud, like rapid sign-ups, repeated data patterns, or traffic from known bad IPs, and block those accounts before they can cause any harm.

HUMAN detects fake accounts by monitoring interactions across the full digital journey. By analyzing behaviors that bots can’t mimic, like natural browsing patterns, mouse movements, and timing irregularities, HUMAN can flag and stop fraudulent accounts in real time. This ensures that only genuine users are able to engage, helping businesses protect revenue and reputation.

Yes, in addition to preventing fake account creation, HUMAN defends against a wide range of automated threats including account takeovers, ad fraud, and transaction abuse. Our solutions are built to protect businesses from multiple forms of online fraud, ensuring a safer experience for both organizations and their users.