Candidate verification, built for modern hiring

Hire confidently.
Verify quietly.
In one second.

Cantfool gives recruiters a clear read on every applicant — corroborating identity, employment, and online presence before the first conversation. Evidence-based briefs that fit your existing workflow.

No credit card Results in < 1s Ashby, Greenhouse, iCIMS
Cantfool · Decision Brief
Maya Patel
maya.patel@gmail.com
Score
91
/100
CLEAR
Informational
evidence
Identity verified · No concerning signals
Signals · 4 of 90+
Identity verified
Maya Patel → Maya Patel · LinkedIn match
Phone valid
T-Mobile (US) · CNAM "PATEL M"
Web presence
GitHub · Stack Overflow · 2 conf talks
Employment
3 / 3 corroborated by Enrichlayer
187ms·Next:Proceed to recruiter screen
SCAN-A8F2
Why teams adopt cantfool

Background checks confirm the documents.
Cantfool corroborates the candidate.

We sit upstream of your background-check vendor — verifying identity, employment, and digital presence in seconds, so recruiters spend their time on real candidates.

1 in 4
Resumes contain a material discrepancy
Across employment dates, titles, and credentials — the kind of mismatch that surfaces during reference checks, weeks too late.
320+
US companies that hired a fraudulent applicant in 2024
Cases where someone misrepresented their identity to land a remote role — documented by the DOJ, FBI, and CISA.
< 1 second
How long cantfool takes to flag a problem
Without us, most discrepancies surface during background checks or onboarding — weeks after the offer is out and equipment is in the candidate's hands.
How it fits your workflow

Three steps, no new tabs.

Cantfool fits alongside your ATS, answering the questions recruiters were already asking.

Step 01
Add a candidate

Upload a resume, paste a LinkedIn URL, or let cantfool screen automatically as candidates land in Ashby or Greenhouse.

Step 02
Cantfool reads the room

We corroborate identity, employment history, and online presence against 90+ signals. Your data stays in your tenant.

Step 03
Decision brief lands in your queue

A short, evidence-based read with a recommended next step — proceed, ask a follow-up question, or loop in your TA lead.

Evidence, not opinions.

Briefs describe what we observed in plain, neutral language — “same device used across multiple applications,” not subjective adjectives. Recruiters see the facts; legal and risk get an audit-ready trail.

What we look at

90+ signals across six dimensions.

Every candidate is checked against all of them. The deeper your scan, the more outside data we pull in.

14 signals
Identity
Email reputationName reconciliationPhone validityDisposable mail
18 signals
Resume forensics
Duplicate detectionDocument metadataAuthoring patternsAI-generated text
16 signals
Submission context
Device fingerprintNetwork reputationGeo plausibilitySubmission cluster
11 signals
Timeline
Employment overlapDate plausibilityTenure consistency
15 signals
Pattern recognition
Cross-candidate compareReference reuseApplication velocity
16 signals
Public record
LinkedIn presenceConference talksGitHub activityPress mentions
Across your whole pipeline

Some patterns are only visible at scale.

Cantfool quietly notices when applicants share a device, a resume author, or a phone — the kind of overlap a single recruiter would never catch. Strong matches are linked, uncertain ones are flagged for a closer look. No one is ever auto-rejected.

Identity cluster · device 9f3c…b1e7
4 candidates
Alex RodriguezESCALATE
alex.rodriguez.dev@gmail.com
18
A. RodríguezESCALATE
a.rodriguez.eng@gmail.com
22
Alejandro R.REVIEW
alejandro.r@protonmail.com
41
Eva ParkCLEAR
eva.park.work@gmail.com
88
Same device
browser fingerprint
Same author
resume metadata
Same phone
carrier lookup
Verification score
87
Verified

A 0–100 read on how well the candidate corroborates.
Helps recruiters prioritize — never used to auto-reject.

0+
Insufficient
30+
Thin
50+
Mixed
70+
Solid
85+
Verified
The cantfool network

See if a candidate has
applied elsewhere.

When companies opt in, cantfool can tell you if the same candidate — or the same resume, device, or phone — has shown up at another company. That helps you spot mass-applied resumes, duplicates, and anything that warrants a second look.

We never share names, emails, phone numbers, or resumes — only one-way cryptographic fingerprints. Other companies see “match” or “no match.” They never see who.

One-way hashes only
No PII leaves tenant
Opt-in & revocable
HMAC-SHA256
Tenant-isolated
GDPR & CCPA aligned
Live · Last 7 minutesAnonymized · cross-org
12sclusterDevice cluster (3) · DigitalOcean NJ
34sduplicateResume author "kr_resumes_v3" reused · 6 applicants
1mvpnMullvad VPN exit · Stockholm
2mverifiedLinkedIn corroborated · Notion eng
4mreviewEmployment dates conflict · 8mo overlap
7mverifiedPhone CNAM matches resume name
Pricing

Per candidate, not per seat.

Add the whole recruiting team, the hiring manager, and your risk reviewer without scaling cost with headcount.

Starter
Free

Get a feel for cantfool, no commitment.

100 credits included
  • All 90+ signals
  • Quick, Standard, and Deep scans
  • Bulk CSV upload
  • Decision briefs
  • Network signal (opt-in)
  • 1 seat
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$49/mo

For recruiting teams running a steady pipeline.

200 credits / mo · rollover
  • Everything in Starter
  • API and webhooks
  • 10 seats
  • Audit log
  • Priority support
  • Slack & email digests
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Enterprise
Custom

For high-volume hiring and regulated industries.

Volume pricing · dedicated CSM
  • Everything in Team
  • Ashby & Greenhouse native
  • Real-time API gate
  • SSO / SAML & SCIM
  • Custom rules & review workflows
  • DPA, MSA, & SLA
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Three scan depths
1
Quick
Identity reconciliation, contact validity, duplicate check.
3
Standard
Full 90+ signals across all six dimensions.
10
Deep
Standard plus enriched public record and network lookups.

Better candidates,
surfaced sooner.

Start with 100 credits, no card required — enough for a real evaluation on your actual pipeline. Most teams see results inside an afternoon.