FraudWatch™

The Ghost Student Crisis Is Straining Admissions Teams

Community Colleges and Universities are facing a massive surge in fraudulent applications.

Organized criminal networks and AI-driven automation are generating “ghost students” to exploit federal and state financial aid programs, driving significant losses in federal and state aid dollars while forcing admissions teams into costly, manual review processes and spreadsheet-driven workflows.

Empty Classrooms: Artificial waitlists block legitimate students, leaving faculty with empty seats and wasted resources.
Financial Drain: Thousands of dollars in aid disbursed to bad actors.
Audit Fear: Constant worry about federal audits and institutional liability.

Stop Ghost Students

Protect Classroom Capacity

Accurate resource planning
Fill classes with genuine learners
Artificial waitlists and empty seats

Ghost students take spots from real learners, leading to empty classrooms and waitlists.

By blocking bots, you ensure that faculty resources are deployed where actual students exist.

Protect Financial Aid

Prevent and deter financial aid fraud

Mitigate the loss of financial aid funds
Reduce Fraud Risk
Protect your institution's credibility and public trust
Mitigate the risk and concern associated with financial aid audits

Stop losing federal and state funding to organized fraud rings and bots. FraudWatch identifies patterns humans miss, blocking disbursements to fraudsters before they happen.

Automate Fraud Detection with AI

Eliminate Manual Reviews

Increase Efficiency: Decrease time staff spends on Fraud
Reallocate staff to helping legitimate students
Reduce labor-intensive, manual processes

Your team is likely overwhelmed by manual identification.

FraudWatch^TM uses AI to score applications automatically, allowing you to focus only on the complex cases rather than reviewing every single application.

How FraudWatch™ Works

Real-Time Risk Analysis
Each application is evaluated in realtime as it enters the FraudWatch^TM system.

Fully Managed "Plug & Play" Solution: Zero-Headache Implementation, Operations & Maintenance
You don't need to hire new developers or security analysts. We provide the license, manage the Splunk infrastructure, and perform regular "Threat Hunting" to catch new fraud trends for you. Your team gets the protection without the technical burden.

Managed Threat Hunting
Regular Fraud (Threat) Hunting is provided by Conducive expert analysts, ensuring you stay ahead of evolving fraud tactics without needing a massive internal security team.

AI at the Core
Leverages the power of Splunk and advanced AI to identify complex fraud patterns (like bots using real SSNs with fake names) that rule-based systems miss.

Continuous Learning Feedback Loop
The system continuously improves. Decisions made during manual review are fed back into the model, making the fraud protection smarter and more accurate over time without extra engineering effort.

Threshold-Based Workflows
Configurable "Review," "Legitimate," and "Fraud" thresholds allow you to automate clear-cut decisions. High-confidence fraud is blocked instantly; only edge cases require human eyes.

Seamless Integration
Easily integrates with existing application processes and systems like Banner. Validates against trusted external data sources for IP, SSN, and Address verification.

Reduce Financial Loss

Stop fraudulent applications before aid, refunds, or institutional funds are released.

Improve Operational Efficiency

Focus staff time on legitimate applicants instead of manual screening.

Protect Institutional Integrity

Ensure admissions and financial aid decisions are based on verified, trustworthy data.

Minimize Applicant Friction

Detect fraud without adding unnecessary steps for genuine students.

FraudWatch™ helps us catch fraudulent applications before they reach our admissions staff. It's like having a tireless assistant who never stops learning.

FraudWatch™ User

Admissions Director, Community College Partner