U.S. e-commerce losses by type of fraud 2022

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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

Characteristic	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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2022

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United States

Survey time period

2022

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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.

Survey question:
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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