Is Middesk able to flag high risk addresses? – Middesk

Overview

Yes, we have recently added registered agent and location frequency address insights! The following new insights have been added to our business verification reports:

CMRA

The CMRA task denotes a submitted address is tagged by USPS as a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency, meaning a business does not operate at this address and may be a fraud indicator.

status	label	sub_label	key	category
Failure	Submitted Office Address is zoned by USPS as a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency	Low frequency	address_cmra	address

Location frequency

The Location Frequency task captures how often submitted address locations are used across businesses in the U.S., indicating potential misuse.

status	label	sub_label	key	category
Success	1–20 businesses use this location	Low frequency	location_frequency	address
Success	2–20 businesses use this location	Low frequency	location_frequency	address
Warning	21–100 businesses use this location	Moderate frequency	location_frequency	address
Failure	101–1000 businesses use this location	High frequency	location_frequency	address
Failure	1001–10000 businesses use this location	High frequency	location_frequency	address
Failure	10000+ businesses use this location	High frequency	location_frequency	address

Registered Agent

The Registered Agent task flags if any submitted addresses are registered agents addresses, which are commonly used in fraudulent schemes.

status	label	sub_label	key	category
Warning	Submitted Office Address is associated with a known Registered Agent	Registered Agent	address_registered_agent	address

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