Email Risk

Add Socure Email Risk to your workflow for risk prediction and identity correlation based on email intelligence.

What is Email Risk?

Email Risk evaluates an email address to predict the likelihood of fraud and measure its correlation to an identity.

It leverages hundreds of data elements, including deliverability, domain type, account age, and linked alternative addresses, to assess both risk and trust.

EnrichmentInput fieldsSignals returnedCoverageBest for
Email Risk

Lightweight – Requires only email.
Accuracy improves when optional PII (e.g., name, address) is included.

  • Probabilistic email risk scores (0.001–0.999)
  • Correlation score between name and email (0.01–0.99)
  • Reason codes explaining fraud risk, domain reputation, or correlation results
Global
  • Email verification and trust assessment
  • Fraud detection at onboarding
  • Authentication and OTP flows
  • Profile update protection

What you can do with Email Risk

  • Detect fraud – Identify risky or fraudulent email addresses before they are used in onboarding, login, or transactions.
  • Improve account security – Reduce account takeover attempts by checking email risk during OTP and authentication flows.
  • Protect profile updates – Validate new email addresses in real time during account changes.
  • Enable progressive onboarding – Establish trust with minimal PII by using email-based correlation and risk scores.
  • Balance risk strategy – Use multiple risk models in parallel to tune thresholds for fraud detection or approvals.

Unique Features

Multiple risk scores in one call Run challenger and production models simultaneously to test performance, migrate seamlessly, or configure approval thresholds by model.

Flexible use cases Apply Email Risk across the customer journey, from onboarding to authentication to ongoing profile updates.

Correlation intelligence Measure how strongly an email is tied to an individual’s name to help verify ownership and legitimacy.

Granular transparency Reason codes explain the factors behind both the email risk score and correlation values.

Lightweight input requirements Only an email address is required, but accuracy improves with optional PII such as name and address.