A method for identifying a fraudulent account application includes
receiving a new account application comprising a plurality of
identity-related fields and linking the identity-related fields
associated with the new account application with identity-related fields
associated with a plurality of historical account applications. The links
form a graphical pattern on which statistical analysis can performed to
determine the likelihood that the new account application is fraudulent.
The statistical analysis can comprise comparing the graphical pattern to
a known, or normal graphical pattern in order to detect differences, or
anomalies occurring in the graphical pattern associated with the new
account application.