Since 2019, we have been proactively reporting suspicious IBANs to banks. If your institution would also like to receive these reports, we welcome your interest. Please use the form below to register with your professional email address. We help you detect and stop fraudulent payments at an early stage.
How We Proactively Prevent Fraud
HinweisHelden supports banks in the fight against fraud. How? With IBAN fraud reports, account verification, and API solutions for real-time monitoring.
Anti-Fraud API for Banks
Our API provides fraud data and suspicious bank accounts. As a RESTful API, it can easily be integrated via a URL and is available in two versions: Basic and Advanced.
– Basic API
The basic version provides core information about reported fraudulent accounts and activities. The data includes:
- IBAN: International bank account number of the reported account.
- BIC: Bank Identifier Code of the reported account’s bank.
- DateReported: Date and time of the report in the format
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z. - ReportType: Type of report, with the following possible values:
Fraud– Standard category for fraud cases.Release– For cases later identified as errors.
- List: Trust classification of the report, with the following values:
Black– 99.99% trust level.Gray– 99% trust level, but currently lacking sufficient evidence.
– Advanced API
The advanced version includes additional case details such as:
- Name of the Payee: e.g., “Peter Franke”.
- Source Website (if available): e.g., fake shop website
www.kaminholz-benick.com. - Reference Website (if available):
https://www.auktionshilfe.info/thread/32164. - Links to Documents: Screenshots or other documents associated with the report.
How to Use the API
To use the API, simply call the URL and include the desired parameters for the Basic or Advanced version. The response will be returned in JSON format, with each object representing a reported case containing the relevant data as described above.
Integration via Core Banking System
Let us know which core banking provider you work with, and we’ll help you find the right integration solution.