Keep A Close Eye On Membership Sales
1. First the scam artist signs up as an affiliate
2. Then he proceeds to generate a few orders each day over a period of a week or two, it would look rather like normal affiliate behavior and the orders looked good - passed the fraud checks of Authnet in my case
3. The problem was that each of these appeared to have been stolen credit card information where orders were placed hoping that he would get his affiliate commission before any signs of trouble
4. Because he was a new affiliate I did not pay out right away and held back for just over 1-month...a policy I now keep with all new affiliates
5. Indeed, I got hit with my first chargeback - tried to contact the credit card owner only to find out the telephone number and email against the order were fake.
6. I immediately terminated the affiliate, refunded all orders credited to him (once checking a few more to see that the telephone and email was also fake) to prevent further chargeback
All of this to say - keep a close eye on new affiliates and keep a close eye on day-to-day sales. I get quite a few members each week so this activity can get lost easily, but with a little review each day, I could have caught this earlier.
They are out there -- your business could be next.
Jeff
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