SOLUTIONS / FRAUD INVESTIGATORS
Agentic OSINT for Fraud Investigators
Nexus is an agentic OSINT platform that fraud investigators use to turn a flagged email, phone number, domain, IP address, wallet or payment identifier into a documented case. Choose an investigative Skill or describe the suspected scheme in plain words; Nexus discovers public and authorized exposure evidence, separates supported findings from possible matches, supports analysis of reused identifiers in Agency graphs and exports selected case records to structured PDF reports, with available custody entries where enabled.
Trace fraudulent identities, payments and infrastructure to the evidence that connects them. Nexus brings breach exposure, payment-identifier, phone, domain, IP and wallet Skills into one case, so a single alert can grow into a defensible, source-backed file.
Challenges
Challenges for Fraud Investigators
Reused identifiers hide a network
Fraud rings recycle emails, phone numbers, usernames, domains and wallet addresses across many accounts. Finding those links one lookup at a time is slow, and a missed link leaves the rest of the ring untouched.
Synthetic and stolen identities
Fabricated or stolen identity details can pass onboarding checks. Investigators need to test whether a name, email or phone number has a plausible public history or appears only in the disputed transaction.
Money and infrastructure move fast
Payments route through mule accounts, and scam sites, phone numbers and wallets are abandoned quickly. Investigators have a narrow window to capture and preserve what public sources show before it changes.
Evidence that survives challenge
Chargeback disputes, account closures and law-enforcement referrals require documented, inspectable evidence with a clear record of what was found, where and when — not a hunch.
Workflow
The Nexus workflow for Fraud Investigators
- 01
Define the objective
Open a case with the flagged identifier — an email, phone number, username, domain, IP address, wallet or bank identifier — and record the suspected scheme, the timeframe and the decision the investigation must support.
- 02
Choose a Skill or describe the question
Start Breach Exposure Search, Phone Intelligence or Bank and Payment Identifiers from the Skill Library, or describe the question in the case conversation: “Is this email linked to other public accounts or to a known scam domain?”
- 03
Discover evidence
Nexus searches supported public and authorized exposure sources and links cited findings to an evidence record. Open a citation to inspect the original source, its context and its date before relying on it.
- 04
Review findings critically
Nexus separates supported findings, possible matches, contradictions and information gaps. A reused identifier is a lead, not proof that the same person controls every account, and an empty result does not establish that an identity is clean.
- 05
Explore relationships
Add evidence to a relationship graph to connect emails, phone numbers, domains, wallets and companies across accounts. On Agency, Cross-Entity Correlation and Breach Pattern Analysis assess which links are directly supported and which are inferred.
- 06
Develop the assessment
Ask follow-up questions and generate a BLUF Situation Brief for the fraud team. Export selected case material as a structured PDF report for disputes, closures or referrals. Include available custody records where enabled and review the report before sharing.
Skill Library
Skills used in this workflow
The investigative Skills these cases draw on most. Every Skill states the question it answers, what the investigator receives and what it cannot establish.
Outcomes
Outcomes for Fraud Investigators
- Reused identifiers linked across a fraud ring
- Public-footprint checks for synthetic identities
- Validated IBAN, BIC and LEI identifiers
- Domain, IP and wallet context behind a scheme
- Relationship graphs that document the network
- Structured reports with available custody records where enabled
Related OSINT concepts
Frequently asked questions
What is agentic OSINT for fraud investigation?
Agentic OSINT for fraud investigation is open-source intelligence in which an AI agent plans and runs multi-step research against a defined objective — for example, whether a flagged email, phone number or domain is linked to other public accounts or to known scam activity — while cited findings link to retained source records and the fraud investigator reviews and decides. Nexus applies this model with 47 investigative Skills, evidence details, relationship graphs and case reports.
How does Nexus help link accounts across a fraud ring?
Nexus links accounts by tracing reused identifiers rather than by guessing. Breach Exposure Search shows where an email, phone number or username appears in authorized exposure records, with credentials redacted; Public Profile Discovery and Phone Intelligence add public-presence and numbering context. Investigators add each finding to a relationship graph, and Agency plans can run Breach Pattern Analysis and Cross-Entity Correlation to separate directly supported links from inferred ones. A shared identifier remains a lead until corroborated.
Can Nexus help detect a synthetic or stolen identity?
Nexus helps fraud investigators test whether an identity has a plausible public history. Public Profile Discovery, Public Username Discovery and Breach Exposure Search show whether a name, email or phone number appears in public and authorized sources over time, or only in the disputed transaction. A thin footprint is a signal to investigate further, not a conclusion: an unsuccessful search does not establish that an identity is fabricated, and a match does not prove who controls an account.
Does Nexus verify bank accounts or payment details?
Nexus validates payment identifiers; it does not verify bank accounts. The Bank and Payment Identifiers Skill checks the structure of supported IBAN, BIC and LEI identifiers and explains the public institutional information behind them, such as the institution and jurisdiction a code points to. Nexus cannot confirm account ownership, balance, authorization or whether a transfer will settle. Use the result to test whether payment details in a suspicious transaction are internally consistent and to identify the institutions involved.
Is investigating fraud with Nexus lawful and ethical?
Nexus is designed for lawful investigation of publicly available and authorized information. Breach exposure findings keep credentials redacted, Nexus never accesses private accounts or mailboxes, and no Skill claims that a match proves identity or wrongdoing. Fraud investigators remain responsible for having a legitimate purpose, complying with data-protection and evidence law in their jurisdiction, and following their organization’s policies. The evidence records and chain of custody in Nexus exist to make that accountability visible.
Which Nexus plan fits a fraud team?
Pro fits most fraud investigation work: it unlocks 43 of the 47 investigative Skills, including Breach Exposure Search, Bank and Payment Identifiers, Phone Intelligence, Domain Registration Intelligence and Cryptocurrency Wallet Intelligence, for €59 per month with 150 credits a month. Agency at €89 per month with 300 credits a month opens all 47, including Breach Pattern Analysis, IP Abuse History and Cross-Entity Correlation, plus end-to-end encrypted investigation notes.