Vouchsafe supports four types of background check. You can run these as part of a verification flow or smart lookup.
✅ All checks run silently. Users won’t be notified, and checks don’t leave a soft mark on their credit file.
Anti-money laundering (AML)
Checks the user against ~280 international databases covering around 2 million entities. See what's covered here.
Detects users at higher risk of identity theft or those linked to organised, financial, or international crime. This includes:
politically exposed people (PEPs)
sanctioned individuals
watchlists and official debarments
You can also run the AML check in real time using Alerts.
Online footprint analysis
Finds the user's digital presence by checking ~500 public and semi-public sources.
Matches are based on their email address and/or phone number.
This is a strong signal that the user is a real person, not a made-up or synthetic identity.
Address verification (UK only)
Check if there is an official record of a user living at a UK address.
Works by checking the Post Office's Postcode Address File for the address, and then checking the electoral roll.
Data breaches
See if the user's email has appeared in any data breaches.
Data breaches are common and not necessarily a signal of fraud, but an email that has been repeatedly breached may be more likely to have been stolen.