Creator platforms are prime targets for "carding" — the process where fraudsters test thousands of stolen credit card numbers using low-dollar transactions.
Before Sentinel, this platform faced a massive spike in $1 bot pledges. These pledges inflated creator follower numbers temporarily, only to result in thousands of chargebacks weeks later, penalizing both the creators and the platform with Stripe risk flags.
The Integration
The platform integrated Sentinel's API natively into their checkout flow in a single afternoon. By evaluating the encrypted Sentinel Edge token alongside the payment intent, Sentinel successfully identified automated carding scripts disguised as legitimate fan accounts.
Results
Within 48 hours of deployment, fraudulent pledge rates dropped by 94%. More importantly, the platform disabled their legacy friction measures, resulting in a 12% increase in legitimate, successful creator pledges.