Uncover hidden risks & protect your business
IPLocate empowers your fraud prevention strategy with fast, accurate, and comprehensive IP intelligence. Identify high-risk users, block malicious actors, and safeguard your transactions with real-time data.
The ever-evolving landscape of fraud
Online fraud is more sophisticated than ever, costing businesses billions annually and eroding customer trust. From automated bot attacks and account takeovers to payment fraud and identity theft, malicious actors constantly devise new ways to exploit vulnerabilities. Proactive detection is no longer a luxury — it's a necessity.
$12.5B+
Lost to fraud in the US in 2024
$12.5B+
lost to fraud by US consumers in 2024, a 25% increase from 2023
350%
increase in rates of credit card fraud from 2019 to 2023
Powerful tools to support fraud-fighting professionals
IPLocate provides a comprehensive IP address geolocation and threat intelligence API. Granular data points that paint a clear picture of an IP's risk profile. Integrate our API or raw data to flag, score, or block suspicious interactions in real-time.
Detect anonymous users
Identify users attempting to hide their true identity or location. We track tens of millions of VPNs, proxies, hosting providers and datacenters. Our daily-updated data flags IPs associated with:
Identify malicious actors
Leverage our AI-powered threat intelligence to stop known offenders before they strike.
Verify network and geolocation context
Cross-reference IP origin with user-provided information to spot inconsistencies.
Solve common fraud scenarios
Understanding IP data is one thing; applying it effectively is another. See how thousands of businesses are using IPLocate's intelligence as a game-changer for identifying, mitigating, and preventing various types of online fraud.
Prevent payment fraud
- Flag transactions where the IP's geolocation starkly contrasts the billing address.
- Increase scrutiny or block payments from IPs identified as
privacy.is_proxy,privacy.is_tor, orprivacy.is_abuser. - Use
asn.typeto identify if the order is coming from an unlikely source — like a data center IP for a residential address.
Secure user accounts (account takeover prevention)
- Monitor login attempts from new or suspicious IP addresses, especially those flagged with
privacy.is_vpnor originating from an unexpectedasn. - Challenge logins with 2FA if the IP is a known
privacy.is_abuseror ifprivacy.is_hostingis true for an account that typically logs in from residential IPs.
Stop bot abuse & fake registrations
- Block entirely, or require a CAPTCHA, for access from users flagged with
privacy.is_hostingorprivacy.is_abuser. - Identify and limit activity from IPs known for bot-like behavior based on threat data.
Reduce promo abuse & policy violations
- Detect users cycling through IPs using VPNs (
privacy.is_vpn) or proxies (privacy.is_proxy) to circumvent usage limits. - Analyze
asn.routeor broader network characteristics to identify patterns of abuse originating from the same source despite IP changes.
The IPLocate advantage
Blazing fast, real-time data
Our API delivers consistently fast responses and scales effortlessly to meet demand, ensuring you can make instant decisions during critical interaction points like sign-ups, logins, and checkouts. Don't let slow data compromise your defenses.
<50ms average API response time
average API response time from our global network
AI-powered, constantly updated intelligence
Millions of threat networks are processed and updated multiple times per day. Our AI-enhanced detection systems ensure you have the freshest, most accurate threat and privacy data to combat evolving fraud tactics.
Hourly
updates to threat data like IP abuse blocklists
Comprehensive & actionable data
From detailed ASN information to precise threat classifications (VPN, proxy, abuser), IPLocate delivers the depth of data you need to build sophisticated fraud scoring models and rules.
Millions+
of networks tracked, covering billions of IP addresses
Seamless integration, developer-first
Get up and running in minutes with our clear documentation and straightforward API. IPLocate is built for developers, making it easy to incorporate powerful IP intelligence into any application.
10,000,000+
downloads of our quick start client libraries
Start fighting fraud with IPLocate today
Join thousands of businesses worldwide who trust IPLocate for fast, accurate, and reliable IP intelligence. Our data provides the crucial insights you need to stay ahead of fraudsters.