PURCHASE ASSIST CORPORATION
Our Task
Purchase Assist Corporation* enables individuals and businesses to securely, easily, and quickly send or receive online payments via credit card. Their challenge came when they were asked to follow strict guidelines set forth by Visa® and MasterCard® before they could accept payments. To do so, they created an Authorized User Agreement that each user would have to sign and a task force to investigate any types of abuses of the agreement. After a while, they noticed this wasn’t working as planned.
What We Architected
Purchase’s task force found that they were unable to access some of the sites they needed to investigate, or they were being “spoofed” to other sites where they would receive false information. They soon realized they were being recognized as visitors from Purchase’s IP address. Subsequently, each internal attempt to get around these roadblocks failed.
Anonymizer Streetwise was their solution. With the ability to change their incoming IP address, they were no longer blocked access to suspect sites and were able to conduct their fraud investigations without delay.
Success
With the help of Anonymizer Streetwise, Purchase Assist is able to easily manage suspected violators of their Authorized User Agreement, thus helping them comply with, and more easily adhere to, the strict regulations set forth by Visa and MasterCard during purchase transactions.
* Due to the sensitivity of Anonymizer’s clientele, the name and specific industry of this organization has been changed to protect its true identity.