Use Case Primer: Sift for Card Testing

Fraud
Payments
Payment innovation
Sift
Apr 07, 2025
Whitepapers

Card testing, also known as carding, involves fraudsters using stolen credit card information to test the validity of cards by making a series of small transactions. This type of fraud can detect active card numbers that are later used for large purchases or sold on the dark web. Businesses face financial damage from chargebacks, lost sales, and fees associated with these unauthorized transactions.

Sift's Payment Protection solution effectively detects and prevents card testingactivities by leveraging machine learning models and real-time data analysis.Sift assists businesses by identifying and blocking card testing attempts before they cause significant harm.

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