Case Study 1
Stopping Carrier Billing Abuse Across Multiple Markets
Industry
Region
Transaction Volume
Digital Content & Subscriptions
Europe & LATAM
25M+ monthly DCB attempts
A large mobile content provider offering subscription-based entertainment services was experiencing rising fraud levels across Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) channels. Automated enrollment attacks and coerced-click campaigns were driving excessive refunds, carrier penalties, and reputational risk.
Automated enrollment attacks and coerced-click campaigns were driving excessive refunds, carrier penalties, and reputational risk.
The provider struggled with:
The company deployed Verygate's real-time fraud prevention platform across landing pages, confirmation flows, and billing gateways.
Using behavioral analytics, device fingerprinting, and network intelligence, Verygate analyzed every interaction before subscription confirmation.
Automated decisions blocked high-confidence fraud while allowing legitimate users to proceed frictionlessly.
Carrier integrations enabled enforcement directly at the transaction layer, preventing abusive charges before they reached customers.
Within eight weeks, the provider achieved:
-62%
in fraudulent subscriptions
-47%
decrease in refund volumes
+35%
improvement in carrier acceptance rates
Full visibility
into high-risk affiliates and traffic sources
0
disruption to legitimate conversion rates