Stripe's #fraud #detection prowess is like a leaky sieve, kindly welcoming "friendly fraudsters" with open arms. Apparently, their sophisticated system can't tell a genuine customer from a repeat offender, making it hilariously easy for anyone to double-dip on your products. 🤦‍♂️💸
https://www.gingerlime.com/2026/stripe-seem-friendly-to-friendly-fraud/ #Stripe #FriendlyFraud #Ecommerce #FraudPrevention #CustomerExperience #PaymentSecurity #HackerNews #ngated
Stripe seem friendly to "friendly fraud" - Gingerlime

Friendly fraud is the laundered name for something that the payment system is not really able to prevent. Even though I’m pretty sure they can do way better. Particularly big and sophisticated payment providers like Stripe, with a mountain of signals. I had a customer buy my product twice. It’s called Ciglue. It’s cigar glue.…

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