Patent ID: 8763116

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a configured computing system associated with an electronic information service having a first Web site, a request from a user for information available from the electronic information service about an account of the user with the electronic information service, the request including an indication of a third-party information source having a second Web site with which the user was interacting, the interacting of the user with the second Web site initiating the request for the information from the electronic information service; obtaining, by the configured computing system, information about the third-party information source indicated in the request, the third-party information source being distinct from the electronic information service; assessing, by the configured computing system, the third-party information source by applying multiple fraud assessment tests and by computing a fraud assessment score for the third-party information source based on the applied fraud assessment tests; determining, by the configured computing system, whether the third-party information source indicated in the request is suspect based at least in part on whether the computed fraud assessment score for the third-party information source exceeds a fraudulence threshold; and if it is determined that the third-party information source indicated in the request is suspect, taking one or more actions to inhibit fraudulent activities by the third-party information source, and otherwise not taking the one or more actions.