Program Integrity

Every Reward Earned. Every Dollar Protected.

Promotional fraud is organized, automated, and now AI-powered. TPG's DRVS® stops duplicate, altered, and manufactured receipts before they drain your budget — without adding friction for real customers.

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Multi-engine validation with a strict Confidence Level on every receipt

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Forensic analysis catches Photoshop and AI-generated alterations

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Duplicate and velocity controls block syndicates and bots

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Valid claims approved in minutes — abuse routed to manual review

TPG DRVS® · Receipt Validation

Authenticated

Confidence Level

98%

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Multi-Engine OCR Cross-Validation

Match

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Forensic / Error Level Analysis

Authentic

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Duplicate Database Check

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Velocity Cap — duplicate from ring

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Decision time Under 10 minutes

The Threat Landscape

Modern Receipt Fraud Is Organized

Promotion abuse is no longer a single shopper bending the rules. It's syndicates, image editors, and bots — operating at scale.

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Syndicates & Duplication

Organized rings share high-resolution copies of a single valid receipt across hundreds of newly spawned fake accounts to multiply payouts.

DRVS blocks it: automated image hashing + velocity checkpoints.

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Photoshop & AI Alterations

Abusers use image editing and generative-AI models to alter dates, store locations, or line-item totals — or manufacture receipts that never existed.

DRVS catches it: deep metadata + forensic Error Level Analysis.

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Bots & Brute Force

Automated scripts hammer the submission flow, testing variations until something slips through and serial bad actors retry endlessly.

DRVS stops it: the "Strike 5" velocity & fraud cap.

DRVS® Prevention Protocol

A Multi-Layered Defense Architecture

TPG's Digital Receipt Validation System (DRVS®) blends automated checks, forensic inspection, and error level analysis with an active rules engine — so valid claims process seamlessly in minutes while fraud is stopped before it reaches your budget.

Multi-Engine Cross-Validation

Multiple independent OCR engines simultaneously capture and evaluate every receipt's text, then reconcile their results — assigning a strict Confidence Level to each transaction before any approval.

Confidence Level scoring

Duplicate Receipt Analysis

Every new submission is automatically cross-referenced against a historical database of processed transactions, flagging and blocking duplicate receipt images instantly — even when shared across new accounts.

Image hashing

Adaptive Machine Learning

An active ML platform is embedded directly in the validation engine. It continuously learns and adapts to evolving digital manipulation tactics — altered dates and prices, doctored metadata, and fully manufactured receipts.

Learns new tactics

Velocity & Fraud Cap — "Strike 5"

To stop bot submissions and serial bad actors, DRVS caps failed verification attempts at five. On the fifth consecutive non-compliant attempt, the user is locked out of automated processing and redirected to manual customer service.

Brute-force lockout

Inside a Validation

How Every Receipt Is Cleared — or Caught

Each submission runs the full protocol in seconds. Authentic claims move forward; anything suspicious is stopped or escalated.

Submit

Consumer uploads a receipt through the program experience.

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Multi-Engine OCR

Independent engines read the receipt and set a Confidence Level.

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Forensic & Duplicate

ELA, metadata, and the duplicate database screen for tampering.

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Cleared in Minutes

Authentic claims are approved and the reward moves forward.

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Caught & Escalated

Suspicious or capped attempts are blocked or sent to manual review.

Two Engines, One Protected Program

Secure on the Way In — and the Way Out

DRVS® protects the proof of purchase coming in. Barcode Buck$® protects the incentive going out. Together they close both ends of the fraud gap.

Inbound · Proof of Purchase

DRVS®

Validates that every receipt is real before a reward is ever approved.

✓Multi-engine OCR with a strict Confidence Level
✓Forensic & ELA detection of edited and AI-made receipts
✓Duplicate database blocks reused receipt images
✓"Strike 5" velocity cap stops bots and serial abuse

Outbound · The Incentive

Barcode Buck$®

Secures the digital offer itself, so it pays only on a real, authorized purchase.

✓Single-use serialized offers — one-time, and only pay on actual redemption
✓Device fingerprinting stops duplicate and unauthorized use
✓Retailer-level validation confirms redemption at the right store
✓SKU-specific locking & participation limits cap exposure per product and person

Beyond the Receipt

Integrity Controls Across the Whole Program

DRVS® protects the proof of purchase. These controls protect everything around it — eligibility, participation, and payout.

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Eligibility Rules

Qualifying SKU, retailer, spend, and date requirements enforced on every submission before a reward is approved.

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Participation Limits

Per-person, per-household, and program-wide caps prevent over-redemption and protect the budget envelope.

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Geographic & Age Gating

Region, state, and age eligibility confirmed up front, with a fail-closed default so invalid entries never slip through.

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Secure Offer Delivery

Serialized, single-use codes and tamper-resistant links keep incentives from being copied, shared, or mass-redeemed.

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Full Audit Trail

Every decision is logged and reviewable — giving brand and legal teams a defensible record of how each reward was earned.

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Human Review Backstop

Flagged and edge-case submissions are escalated to trained reviewers, so ambiguous claims are handled fairly — not auto-denied.

Data Privacy & Governance

Consumer data is handled on access-controlled infrastructure with rigorous privacy and data-governance protocols aligned to SOC‑2 principles.

Most vendors say "AI fraud detection."
TPG shows you the protocol.

Anyone can claim they stop fraud. TPG names exactly how — and balances rigid protection with a frictionless experience for the real customers your promotion is built to reward.

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Named, multi-layered protocols — not a black box

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Forensic ELA & metadata catch AI-made receipts

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Rigid protection without slowing valid claims

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Manual backstop keeps legitimate shoppers happy