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ESPY

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ESPY is an identity verification and enrichment platform that helps businesses validate signups, detect fraud, and make safer decisions. It solves the problem of not knowing who is interacting with your system by providing real-time lookups on phone numbers, emails, names, and social profiles, turning raw identifiers into actionable intelligence.

The platform offers several core capabilities: Phone Lookup for carrier, line type, and reputation; Email Enrichment for deliverability and breach detection; People Search and Name Lookup for social graph data; Facial Recognition to cross-reference images; and a composite People Score. It is available as a web application and through the IRBIS API for programmatic access. The platform integrates with over 7,000 apps via Zapier and 1,000+ apps via Make.com, and offers a direct REST API with async job support for developers.

ESPY is designed for fraud and risk teams, KYC and compliance analysts, marketers, e-commerce businesses, and investigators. It is used by both small and large teams. The product is available with a free trial that does not require a credit card, and offers different editions including IRBIS Pro for teams needing advanced searches and higher limits.

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