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Nova automatically analyzes top candidates for resume fraud. Results post to your ATS as a note and tag, and appear on the Fraud Detection dashboard. It only runs on candidates at or above your configured score threshold, so fraud screening targets the candidates your recruiters will actually review.
Contact your account manager to enable fraud detection.

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How It Works

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Nova scores the candidate

Normal scoring against your criteria.
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High scorers get fraud analysis

Candidates at or above your threshold (default: 7/10) get a separate fraud analysis combining text analysis with external validation signals.
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Results post to your ATS

A fraud risk assessment posts as a note. Medium or high risk candidates get tagged (e.g. “Nova: Fraud Risk (High)”) for quick filtering.

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What Nova Analyzes

When concerns from different dimensions converge, fraud probability increases. Surface-level issues alone keep risk low.
Nova distinguishes between normal resume polish and pervasive patterns suggesting fabrication. A few metrics-driven bullet points aren’t suspicious. An entire resume with no project names, team names, or workplace specifics is a different story.

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Reading the Risk Assessment

Each analysis produces a short ATS note:
  • Risk: Low, Medium, or High
  • Takeaway: One-line summary
  • Top reasons (up to 3): Key evidence
  • Reassuring signs (optional): Indicators that reduce concern

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Risk levels

Fraud results are a screening aid, not a final judgment. Always verify through interviews or document checks.

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How it looks in your ATS

Fraud detection note displayed on a candidate profile in Ashby

Fraud risk assessment on a candidate's Ashby profile

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Benchmark and Accuracy

We validate every change against an internal benchmark of hundreds of real resumes from production pipelines, including confirmed fraud and verified legitimate applications.
The benchmark includes deliberately challenging legitimate resumes: AI-assisted writing, career changers, international candidates, corporate emails.

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Why only high scorers are checked

  1. These are the candidates your recruiters will review. A 3/10 isn’t progressing regardless.
  2. Fraudulent resumes tend to score high. They’re designed to match job requirements closely.
Lower the threshold in settings for broader coverage. Setting it to 0 checks everyone, though this increases cost without typically changing outcomes for low scorers.

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Configuring Fraud Detection

Open Fraud Detection in your Nova dashboard and click the settings icon.

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Dashboard

Filter by date range and risk level. Switch granularity between daily, weekly, and monthly.
Fraud Detection dashboard with risk breakdown, trend chart, assessment volume, and sample assessments table

Fraud Detection dashboard showing risk distribution, trends, and recent assessments

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Risk assessment detail

Click a candidate row to see the full assessment: risk level, probability, summary, red flags with severity and evidence, and metadata.
Fraud Risk Assessment dialog showing high risk verdict, summary, three red flags with severity badges, and assessment details

Detailed fraud risk assessment for a high-risk candidate

It fails gracefully. The candidate’s score and ATS note aren’t affected. Scoring always delivers regardless of fraud detection status.
Use the top reasons as your interview checklist. Most concerns resolve by asking the candidate to walk through specific resume claims.
Some corporate mail servers return “undeliverable” for external verification as a security measure. Nova accounts for this, but if you see email flags for corporate addresses, review the other signals.