Skip to content

Solutions
Products

Merchant Risk Solutions

Merchant Onboarding

MCC Detection

Healthcare Merchant Certification

Merchant Monitoring

Transaction Laundering Detection

Merchant URL ID

Platform Risk Solutions

Ad Monitoring

Marketplace Monitoring

Industry Intelligence Products

Risk Landscape Reports

Database Lookups

Website Change Detection

Industries

Payment Facilitators & ISOs

Acquiring Banks

E-commerce Marketplaces

Search Engines

Social Platforms

Merchant Risk Solutions Demo Center

Find demo videos, use cases, and top resources to help you manage risk throughout the merchant lifecycle.

Explore Now
Certification

Products

Addiction Treatment

Healthcare

CBD

Enterprise Certification Programs

See if a Website is Certified

Check & Report

Check the certification status of an addiction treatment, healthcare, or CBD website or report questionable activity.
Resources

Smarter Onboarding for Payments Leaders: Future-proof Merchant Onboarding as Risk and Competition Evolve

Discover how to streamline merchant onboarding, fight fraud, and speed up approvals—so you can stay ahead of risk, meet compliance demands, and keep your business moving at the speed of payments.

Download Now

Online Firearm Sales: Obstacles to Effective Policy Enforcement

Learn to spot hidden weapons sales online. Expert Andy Bayley shares key trends, rules, and tips to protect your platform.

Watch Now

Resources

Blog

Webinars

Events

Videos

Guides

Customer Spotlights

Newsletter

Check & Report

Check the certification status of an addiction treatment, healthcare, or CBD website or report questionable activity.
Company

Company

About Us

Leadership Team

Customer Spotlights

Partners

Careers

Press

Why LegitScript

Solutions
Certification
Resources
- Blog
- Webinars
- Events
- Videos
- Guides
- Customer Spotlights
- Newsletter
- Check & Report
Company
Search
Log In
Contact Us

Home / Resources / High Risk Businesses and Services

High Risk Businesses and Services

Watch Out For These High-risk Merchant Behaviors During the Holiday Season

By LegitScript Folks

on November 04, 2025

With holiday spending set to rise this year, payment processors and online marketplaces vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated scams and other high-risk tactics. Keep reading to learn about illicit and brand-damaging behavior that can spike during the holiday season.
Seeing Stars: How LegitScript and Regulators Fight the Sale of Fake Reviews

By LegitScript Folks

on October 24, 2025

It's not just online marketplaces that need to worry about fake reviews. With the FTC now targeting this widespread problem, payment service providers can be targeted by regulators for facilitating their sale. Learn more.
Deepfake; Real Risk: The Crackdown on AI Image Generators

By Erin Feebeck

on October 14, 2025

Artificial intelligence has transformed how people create and share digital content. But as AI tools become more advanced, they’ve also created new compliance and reputational risks for payment service providers. Learn how these new tools impact you.
What You Need to Know About Sweepstakes Casinos and Social Gaming: Key Takeaways from Our Webinar

By LegitScript Folks

on July 21, 2025

Sweepstakes casinos are gaining in popularity — and in regulatory scrutiny. In our recent webinar, we broke down the complexities of these models and the risks they present for payments providers, internet platforms, and consumers alike. Read the key takeaways.
Social Casinos: The Free-to-Play Trap

By Erin Feebeck

on July 15, 2025

Many online casinos have adapted their business model to offer free-to-play sweepstakes to avoid gambling regulations, creating a gateway for young audiences to enter the world of betting. Learn more about the risks of these services and the laws governing them.
Inside the Minds of Serial Transaction Launderers: How They Evade Detection and What You Can Do About It

By LegitScript Folks

on March 27, 2025

Transaction laundering isn’t just an occasional headache—it’s an evolving, persistent threat to payment ecosystems. In our latest webinar, LegitScript dove deep into the world of serial transaction launderers: how they operate, why they reoffend, and what risk teams need to know to catch them.
Banks, Payfacs, and ISOs Need to Know These Three Principles for Online Pharmacies

By Thea Le Fevre

on August 19, 2024

Counterfeit or otherwise unsafe or ineffective drugs pose innumerable risks that compound when they’re sold by illicit online pharmacies.
What You Need to Know About Medical Spa Risks and Regulations

By Cody Haight

on July 09, 2024

Understanding evolving medical spa regulations and requirements is essential for advertisers, business owners, and payment processors.
Some Medical Spas Are Offering These Unapproved Treatments

By Traci Beilharz

on August 04, 2023

Medical spas are increasingly popular for the variety of services they offer, but they sometimes violate federal laws established to protect consumers. Read further to understand what a med spa is, and how some spas use unapproved drugs to treat their patients.
Key Takeaways: High-Risk Trends From January to December

By Thea Le Fevre

on March 06, 2023

Bad actors may change their methodologies as technology evolves, but the same offerings emerge year after year. In this recap of LegitScript’s recent webinar, we identify and track seasonal high-risk trends in payment processing and on e-commerce platforms to help you anticipate them. Read more to understand what these trends are and how to grow your business more confidently.

Subscribe to Newsletter

Stay on top of the latest resources, news and announcements

Solutions

Merchant Risk Solutions

Platform Risk Solutions

Industry Intelligence Products

Website Change Detection

Certification

Addiction Treatment

Enterprise Certification Programs

Website Certification Status

Industries

Payment Facilitators & ISOs

Acquiring Banks

E-commerce Marketplaces

Social Platforms

Addiction Treatment

Resources

Company

Customer Spotlights

Terms & Conditions

© 2026 LegitScript. All Rights Reserved.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

AICPA SOC

ISO27001

Solutions
Certification
Resources
- Blog
- Webinars
- Events
- Videos
- Guides
- Customer Spotlights
- Newsletter
- Check & Report
Company
Search
Log In
Contact Us