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G2 Risk Solutions warns of heightened fraud related to World Cup commerce

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 — 16:16:18 (UTC)

Burlingame, Calif., June 23, 2026—Merchant risk and fraud experts at G2 Risk Solutions are warning payment providers to take action in response to heightened fraud risks as World Cup-related commerce activity accelerates throughout the tournament.

Drawing on experience monitoring millions of merchant websites and supporting payment providers during major global events, G2RS experts are seeing familiar warning signs emerge across ticket resale sites, travel-document services, counterfeit merchandise sellers, and unauthorized streaming operations.

G2RS recommends payment providers take the following actions:

Strengthen onboarding reviews and monitoring for merchants selling tickets, merchandise, travel services, or other World Cup-related offerings.

Watch for common fraud indicators, including newly created websites, red-flag terms, suspiciously low prices, guaranteed access to sold-out events, and requests for payment via wire transfer or cryptocurrency.

Prepare for elevated chargeback activity if consumers later discover purchases are invalid, counterfeit, or never fulfilled.

Apply enhanced scrutiny to cross-border transactions and merchants operating from unfamiliar geographies, which may present increased exposure to card-not-present fraud, stolen payment credentials, synthetic identities, and account takeover schemes.

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