Patent ID: 9633201
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method for fraud containment comprising: determining, by one or more computers, a degree of separation proximity of a device to a known fraud event, wherein the degree of separation proximity indicates a number of devices or accounts that relationally separate the device and a perpetrator fraud device used to carry out the known fraud event; based on said proximity, determining, by the one or more computers, that the device is at high risk for fraud involvement; identifying, by the one or more computers, one or more user accounts associated with the device; identifying, by the one or more computers, one or more potential victim accounts from the one or more user accounts associated with the device; and determining a risk level for the one or more potential victim accounts, wherein the proximity is further based on the time the device accessed an account, and the fraud event occurred involving the account or a user associated with the account, and wherein the device is determined to be at high risk for fraud involvement when the device proximity to the fraud event is closer than a predetermined threshold.