A 2022 study found that the largest share of fraud losses suffered by U.S. online merchants was due to friendly fraud, a practice where consumers make a purchase and later request a refund. Synthetic identity fraud, which involves the creation of false identities for fraudulent purposes, ranked second, followed by fraudulent requests for returns.
Types of fraud causing the most losses to e-commerce merchants in the United States in 2022, by customer journey stage
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Friendly fraud/1st party fraud
3rd party/Synthetic identity fraud
3rd party account takeover
Fraudulent request for return
Lost or stolen merchandise
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among those experiencing fraud in the past 12 months*
Supplementary notes
* Does not include internal or employee fraud.
The number of risk and fraud executives in retail and e-commerce companies varies from year to year. In 2022 there were 698 participants in the United States.
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Q12a: Please indicate the percentage distribution of the following fraud methods, as they are attributed to your fraud losses that occurred during the past 12 months.
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