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Table Of Contents
- Payflow Link Fraud Protection Services User’s Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- How Fraud Protection Services Protect You
- Configuring Payflow Link
- Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Basic Integration)
- Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Advanced Integration)
- Testing Payflow Link
- Activating Payflow Link
- Managing Payflow Link
- Assessing Transactions that Triggered Filters
- Integrating TeleCheck Transactions
- Transaction Responses
- Submitting Transaction Data to the Payflow Link Server
- About the Confirmation Email Messages
- Payflow Link Transaction Types
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Index
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How Fraud Protection Services
Protect You
This chapter describes the security tools that make up the Fraud Protection Services.
In This Chapter
z “The Threats” on page 11
z “Protection Against the Threats—Fraud Filters” on page 12
z “Buyer Authentication Service” on page 12
z “Special Considerations” on page 13
z “Protection From System-wide Threats—The Premium Services” on page 14
The Threats
There are two major types of fraud—hacking and credit card fraud.
Hacking
Fraudsters hack when they illegally access your customer database to steal card information or
to take over your gateway account to run unauthorized transactions (purchases and credits).
The Account Wizard features minimize the risk of hacking by enabling you to place powerful
constraints on access to and use of your PayPal Manager and Payflow accounts.
Credit Card Fraud
Fraudsters can use stolen or false credit card information to perform purchases at your Web
site, masking their identity to make recovery of your goods or services impossible. To protect
you against credit card fraud, Fraud Protection Services uses software filters that identify
potentially fraudulent activity and let you decide whether to accept or reject the suspicious
transactions.