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One advantage of processing payments with us is built-in protection against fraud. These types of transactions are growing in number every day, increasing the financial strain on merchantsUna ventaja de procesar pagos con nosotros es la protección integrada contra el fraude. Este tipo de transacciones crece cada día, lo que aumenta la presión financiera de los comerciantes.

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We maintain a global blacklist in order to protect all our merchants from known fraudulence. A consumer with a credit card number (or other flagged parameter) on the blacklist will not be allowed to complete the initial transaction, which will be declined:

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We also set up other anti-fraud measures for you, like transaction velocity rules. Many more error codes are associated with those, like 585 - Too many rejected transactions in a row.

But these are declined transactions we’re talking about, they’re not fraud alerts. Fraud alerts are transactions that have been processed successfully, and are only later reported as fraud.

You see, there are those consumers that haven’t been flagged yet: perhaps a credit card number was just stolen, or maybe a veritable customer intends to commit “friendly fraud”. In these cases, the initial transaction does not appear suspicious, and therefore it is let through. And we won’t know it’s a “fraud” until the consumer complains to their card issuer, who then informs your bank, who then informs us.

We receive regular updates from your acquiring banks that tell us when frauds have occurred. The good news for you is that receiving fraud alerts is free, and some fraud alerts are just alerts: they are flagged as fraud and “end of story”, your acquiring bank does not do anything. The bad news is that for some frauds, chargebacks can result.

Just like chargebacks, fraud alerts have the same Transaction ID as their original sale/rebill/capture operation:

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We register every single instance of fraud that has passed through your Originator(s), listing them in a dedicated area of the Backoffice:

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You can drill down on a fraud alert to see shopper details and any transactions related to the fraudulent one, if any exist. This will help you decide whether or not to blacklist the shopper’s parameters, so that any future transactions by the card number, email or IP address will not be let through.

We encourage you to monitor your transactions daily, if possible, and blacklist any suspicious credit cards, emails, or IP addresses you may see. See the related articles linked below for instructions.

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Please note that we also reserve the right to (globally) blacklist any shoppers that we see are affecting our merchants, on their behalf. This is to protect everyone involved.

Understanding fraud alerts

There are different responses to fraud alerts that you should consider depending on what comes with / what does not come with a particular fraud alert. These are discussed here. First, however, let’s see how to read into a fraud alert.

To find out more about a fraud alert, click the View 🔍 button in the Actions column for a particular fraud alertMantenemos una lista negra global para proteger a todos nuestros comerciantes de fraudes conocidos. A un consumidor con un número de tarjeta de crédito (u otro parámetro marcado) en la lista negra no se le permitirá completar la transacción inicial, que será rechazada:

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También configuramos otras medidas antifraude para usted, como reglas de velocidad de transacción. Muchos más códigos de error están asociados con estos, como 585 - Demasiadas transacciones rechazadas seguidas.

Pero estamos hablando de transacciones rechazadas, no de alertas de fraude. Las alertas de fraude son transacciones que se han procesado con éxito y que se denuncian como fraude más tarde.

Verá, hay consumidores que aún no han sido denunciados: tal vez se acaba de robar un número de tarjeta de crédito o tal vez un cliente real tiene la intención de cometer un "fraude amistoso". En estos casos, la transacción inicial no parece sospechosa y, por lo tanto, se deja pasar. Y no sabremos que se trata de un "fraude" hasta que el consumidor se queje al emisor de su tarjeta, que luego informa a su banco, que a su vez nos informa a nosotros.

Recibimos actualizaciones periódicas de sus bancos adquirentes que nos informan cuando se han producido fraudes. La buena noticia para usted es que recibir alertas de fraude es gratis y algunas alertas de fraude son solo alertas: se marcan como fraude y "fin de la historia", su banco adquirente no hace nada. La mala noticia es que, en el caso de algunos fraudes, pueden producirse contracargos.

Al igual que los contracargos, las alertas de fraude tienen el mismo ID de transacción que la operación de venta/facturación/captura original:

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Registramos cada caso de fraude que haya pasado por su(s) Iniciador(es) y los enumeramos en un área dedicada del Backoffice:

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Puede analizar en profundidad una alerta de fraude para ver los detalles del comprador y cualquier transacción relacionada con el fraudulento, si existe alguna. Esto lo ayudará a decidir si desea o no incluir en la lista negra los parámetros del comprador, de modo que no se permitan futuras transacciones por número de tarjeta, correo electrónico o dirección IP.

Lo alentamos a que controle sus transacciones a diario, si es posible, y que incluya en la lista negra cualquier tarjeta de crédito, correo electrónico o dirección IP sospechosa que pueda ver. Consulte los artículos relacionados vinculados a continuación para obtener instrucciones..

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Tenga en cuenta que también nos reservamos el derecho de incluir en la lista negra (global) a cualquier comprador que veamos que está afectando a nuestros comerciantes, en su nombre. Esto es para proteger a todos los involucrados.

Entender las alertas de fraude

Existen diferentes respuestas a las alertas de fraude que debe considerar según lo que incluya o no incluya una alerta de fraude en particular. Estas se analizan aquí. Sin embargo, primero veamos cómo interpretar una alerta de fraude.

Para obtener más información sobre una alerta de fraude, haga clic en el botón Ver 🔍 en la columna Acciones de una alerta de fraude en particular:

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In the window that appears, the Main information tab gives you the sequence of events for this fraud alert:

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In the above example, we can see that our shopper probably complained upon being rebilled; he or she did not have a problem with the original authorization. In this case, we would wait to see if we receive a request for information. If we do, and no chargeback process has been initiated, we would give the customer a refund. We would also cancel this shopper’s subscription immediately (please see the related article for instructions) so that he or she is not rebilled again, or better yet, blacklist his or her details, so he or she cannot conduct any further transactions with us.

Can you fight “friendly fraud”?

Yes. If a “fraud” has resulted in a chargeback, and you have proof that the entire process was legitimate (if you can confirm that the person who made the purchase was the cardholder and that the service was provided correctly), then you may have a chance of recovering the chargeback (transaction) amount. The outcome of the dispute will depend on the bank: some are stricter than others.

Related articles

Blacklists

Requests for information

Disputes Solicitudes de información

Disputas

Chargebacks

How to blacklist a transaction

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