How Soap Eliminates Multi-Accounting Fraud Rings in Real Time
When gaming operators scale promotions, coordinated fraud like bonus abuse and multi-accounting spikes. Soap's real-time orchestration layer stops these threats at the edge—before they hit your users or bottom line.
The Evolving Multi-Accounting Fraud Landscape
Gaming fraud has industrialized, with global iGaming fraud surging 64% year-over-year and 83% of operators reporting increases (Feedzai/Socure). In some markets, over 8% of new accounts are fraudulent, with the US seeing the highest rate at 10.9% (Bovada). Regulatory bodies like FINTRAC are increasingly focused on money laundering through gaming platforms, making fraud prevention a compliance necessity. Sophisticated fraud rings use advanced tactics to exploit platforms:
- •Identity synthesis: Stolen or fabricated documents, including deepfake IDs and synthetic identities, to bypass KYC checks.
- •Device farms: Coordinated mobile devices and emulators that simulate authentic usage patterns across multiple accounts.
- •Residential proxy networks: Masking true locations while maintaining geo-consistency to avoid detection systems.
- •Behavioral mimicry: AI-driven bots that replicate human gaming patterns, often with conversion rates exceeding legitimate players.
- •Payment cycling: Systematic rotation of cards and accounts to evade velocity-based detection.
Bonus abuse dominates, with 69.9% of iGaming fraud tied to multi-accounting schemes ("gnoming"), where coordinated accounts farm promotions and funnel value through "winning" accounts.
The financial toll is severe:
Multi-Accounting Fraud Losses Breakdown
Total multi-accounting fraud losses: $4.0B across different fraud categories.
Sources: Industry estimates for multi-accounting fraud losses and incentive abuse.
Impact of False Negatives on Legitimate Transactions
$12.7B in lost revenue annually due to wrongly declined legitimate transactions
Hidden Costs of Fraud
- •Promotional budget drain: Bonuses claimed by fraudulent accounts
- •Processing fee waste: Transaction costs on fraudulent deposits
- •Chargeback costs: Average cost of $169.13 per chargeback, with 70%+ being friendly fraud
- •False negative losses: 25% of legitimate transactions wrongly declined, driving $12.7B in lost revenue
- •Regulatory fines: Penalties for inadequate AML/KYC controls
- •Brand damage: Lost player trust and reputation harm
- •Operational overhead: Manual review and investigation costs
Unchecked fraud erodes revenue, marketing budgets, regulatory compliance, and player trust.
The Soap Layered Approach
Our multi-accounting fraud prevention approach is layered.
Click on the blue nodes to expand and explore each layer. Hover over any node to see detailed descriptions.
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"Fraud rings often share devices, IPs, and payment methods — can you spot them?"
🎮 Fraud Ring Simulation
Click on suspicious nodes to identify fraud rings! Each ring you crack equals potential losses prevented.
💡 Real-world insight: Soap analyzes these connection patterns in milliseconds to stop fraud rings before they can cause damage.
What Operators See
Clear outcomes with minimal noise: auto-restrictions on confirmed clusters, cooling periods for borderline cases, and step-up verification when needed. Granular visibility and auditability protect detection logic, boosting authorization rates by keeping abuse out of payment flows.
A Real Operator Story
A gaming operator launched a six-figure weekly promo. Within hours, Soap's orchestration detected coordinated clusters, enforcing controls at the cluster level to curb bonus abuse and stop chargebacks upstream. Real-time decisions delivered:
| Metric | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Authorization rate | 54% | 90% |
| Average deposit (AOV) | $28 (double expected) | $14 (inline expected) |
| Chargeback rate | <4% | <1% |
Operator tip:
If average deposits exceed your target AOV during promos, it's an early warning of coordinated fraud.
Why Operators Choose Soap
- •Real-time, layered controls that scale with promotions.
- •Cluster-level protection targeting rings, not just accounts.
- •Higher authorization rates with less friction for legitimate users.
- •Privacy-by-design tokenization and built-in compliance.
Get Started with Soap
Planning a big promo or seeing fraud spikes? Soap helps you grow safely without empowering adversaries.
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