Fraud Risk and Prevention
Insights, best practices, and compliance guidance to help platforms identify, prevent, and respond to evolving fraud threats.
As fraud tactics grow more sophisticated, LegitScript offers research-backed insights and practical guidance for better merchant risk management and platform risk management. Our blogs, webinars, and downloadable guides break down complex schemes and evolving regulatory expectations, giving risk, compliance, and trust & safety teams the clarity they need to protect consumers and strengthen platform integrity.
Digital fraud losses surpassed $12 billion globally last year, reflecting rapid growth in account takeovers, synthetic identities, and deceptive merchant activity.
Blog Articles
Latest Blog Article
Understanding the Risk Landscape in Brazil and Latin America: Key Takeaways
July 30, 2026
Brazil has embraced digital payments faster than almost anywhere else in the world. That growth is a genuine success story — and it has created an entirely new risk landscape that payments companies and online platforms cannot afford to ignore. Read more.
Documentation Is Your Best Defense: A Smarter Way to Resolve Violative Merchant Activity
The better you can document a violation and your response to it, the less exposure your business carries. Keep reading to learn more about best practices for documenting violative merchant activity and how to incorporate it into your work.
July 23, 2026
How AI Is Reshaping Merchant Underwriting, For Better and For Worse
Merchant underwriting used to follow a checklist process, but AI has turned that approach on its head, forcing underwriting teams to think differently. Learn more about how payments companies are rethinking their approaches to stopping merchant fraud in an era where technology is rapidly changing.
May 26, 2026
Guides
Anatomy of a Transaction Launderer
Learn how to detect and prevent transaction laundering and keep illicit merchants from entering your portfolio.
17 pages
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Smarter Onboarding for Payments Leaders
Is your merchant onboarding keeping up with rapidly changes to risk and competition? Learn how to future-proof your onboarding with our guide.
24 pages
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The Top 10 High-risk Trends in Payment Processing and E-commerce
In this updated guide, LegitScript shares new high-risk trends that companies should be aware of to avoid fines and brand damage.
24 pages
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Synthetic Identity Fraud
In this guide, we look at how synthetic identity fraud has started to impact payment service providers and present new risk.
30 pages
Webinars
On Demand
Fraud, Compliance, and the New Rules of Risk in Brazil and Latin America
Brazil and Latin America are not just grappling with fraud — they are at the epicenter of a global stress test exacerbated by AI-powered schemes that make merchants and sellers harder than ever to trust. In this webinar, we discuss the risks and regulatory challenges facing companies engaged in digital transactions in Brazil and LATAM. Sign up now.
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On Demand
Trust Is Getting Harder to Prove: Rethinking Merchant Underwriting in the Age of AI
Leading payment service providers are rethinking onboarding and underwriting in a future undergirded by AI, moving beyond KYC to verify merchant intent, apply risk-based friction, and continuously defend their portfolios. Learn what durable trust models look like in the AI age.
On Demand
Serial Transaction Launderers: How Fraudsters Re-ingest Into Merchant Portfolios and How to Stop Them
Despite the risks transaction laundering poses, many payments companies struggle with how to approach it. What are the fundamental tools you need to mitigate the risk of transaction laundering? In this course, we’ll discuss the tactics used by transaction launderers and share best practices for identifying fraudsters.
