User Guide

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Fraud Management Filters
Summary
Fraud Management Filters includes both basic and advanced filters.
z Kinds of Fraud Management Filters
z Basic Fraud Management Filters
z Advanced Fraud Management Filters
Kinds of Fraud Management Filters
The filters you can use are determined by agreement between you and PayPal.
PayPal provides basic and advanced filters:
z Basic filters are automatically available to any PayPal business account holder using
Website Payments Standard, Website Payments Pro, Express Checkout, Virtual Terminal,
or Email Payments. For more information about basic filters, see Basic Fraud Management
Filters.
z Advanced filters are available to Website Payments Pro merchants as an inclusive upgrade
from the basic filters; using them may incur additional charges.
Advanced filters are ideal for merchants with a medium to high volume of transactions.
You can use them to automate existing manual review processes. They are specifically
developed to combat credit card fraud by detecting fraudulent patterns in credit card
payments. For more information about advanced filters, see Advanced Fraud Management
Filters.
IMPORTANT: You must have a business account to use Fraud Management Filters. Not all
filters are available in each country or to each merchant. You can see your
options by logging into PayPal and selecting Fraud Management Filters in the
Profile.
Basic Fraud Management Filters
Basic Fraud Management Filters are filters that are available to all PayPal business account
holders.
Maximum Transaction Amount Filter
This filter screens for payments above the specified amount by screening the total amount of
the transaction, including tax, shipping, and handling fees. Transactions that exceed this