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
How AI Is Reshaping Merchant Underwriting, For Better and For Worse
May 26, 2026
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.
Illicit IPTV: What Every Payments Team Needs to Know
Streaming piracy isn’t just a headache for Hollywood — it’s a growing liability for payments companies. Learn how illicit IPTV works, why it almost always involves transaction laundering, and what payments teams should look for when assessing merchant risk.
April 16, 2026
Gaining Visibility and Control Across Your Downstream Merchant Portfolio
As payment ecosystems grow more complex, sponsor banks are under increasing pressure to maintain effective oversight of their downstream merchant portfolios. At the same time, managing merchant risk at scale has never been more challenging. Keep reading to learn how LegitScript is tackling this challenge.
February 12, 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
Tuesday, July 28 at 14h Brasilia Standard Time (UTC-3) | 11h Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
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.
