Number of fraud in e-commerce grows in first quarter

The risks of fraud for consumers who buy products over the Internet have increased in the first quarter of 2016 in comparison with the same period in 2015. According to a survey conducted by the company-PayU Fcontrol and anti-fraud solutions specialist in e-commerce-fraud attempts in the Brazilian e-commerce grew 1.32%. The average effective loss was around 0.33%, same level of the previous year, but it is worth noting that transactions decreased by about 11%. The information has been taken from its customer base.
The categories that suffer most from the crime of forgery in the use of credit and debit cards in online sales are: telephony (Smartphones), electronics and Games. The survey also pointed out the growth of fraud in the segment of cosmetics, Perfumery and supplements. The value of the fraud is not accurate, but the average is about 70% more than the average ticket shops (which in this period in 2015 was 363 R$ and 2016 rose to R $ 409).
The survey also revealed that the regions with the highest concentration of fraud is the North and northeast of Brazil, mainly in the States of Ceará (13.52%), Tocantins (13.42%) and Stop (7.78%). That is, between the requests made in the first quarter of 2016 in Ceará, 13.52% were fraud attempts.
In the Southeast and South, fraud revolve around 3.2%. The States of Minas Gerais (4.65%), Rio de Janeiro (3.37%) and São Paulo (2.82%) are the ones who suffer the most with fraud in the Southeast. In the South, the indexes hit Santa Catarina (3.74%), Paraná (3.58%) and Rio Grande do Sul (1.11%), in that order.