Patent ID: 9635031
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for identifying fraudulent activity, the method comprising: receiving and extracting, at a server comprising at least one hardware-based processor and a memory coupled to the at least one hardware-based processor, header information from each of a plurality of client communications issued by one or more client devices; identifying an account associated with each of the plurality of client communications; analyzing the header information of each of the plurality of client communications received from the one or more client devices to identify variations between the header information from different ones of the client communications; comparing the header information of each of the plurality of client communications with a respective one of a previous client communication in which the same identifying information was used in a prior header; based on a determination that at least portions of the header information of at least one of the plurality of client communications is dissimilar from the same portion of header information in a respective one of a previous client communication, identifying the client communications as comprising a fraudulent activity; and causing display of a list of user accounts that have an association with a previous client communication in which the same identifying information was used.