Credit card fraud prevention for merchants: Legitimate domains
If the customer does have a domain in their e-mail address, look it up. Check to see whether they offer free or cheap e-mail addresses. If the site’s under construction, you should be weary. This also serves as a chance to see if the address on the contact page matches up with the shipping and/or billing address.
There’s an age-old rule that definitely applies here. If something
seems too good to be true, it probably is. Be careful if your month’s
income is suddenly coming from one customer when it formerly came from
ten. Repeat business is good business, but how many running shoes could
someone really need within a three-day period? It’s always good
to expand your customer base, but no one wants a Tickle Me Elmo doll in
Ghana. Of if they do, make sure to investigate the purchase. It may just
be an untapped market, or it could be a scam. It’s worth the extra
time.
General
Guidelines for fraud prevention
Credit card fraud prevention tips (researching
the customer):
- International Orders
- Quantity and Frequency
- Addresses
- Common Sense
- Free E-mail Accounts
- Legitimate Domains
Precautionary Methods (from Merchant Side):