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title: What fraud trends have popped up this holiday season?
date: 2022-12-20T13:04:00+00:00
author: Lola Omo-Ikerodah
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# What fraud trends have popped up this holiday season?

The holidays are here! And fraud is the unwanted gift that just keeps on taking. Find out which holiday fraud trends could be putting your business' festive cheer at risk...

20 December 2022

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**Sources list:**

- [Losses to eCommerce fraud](https://www.juniperresearch.com/press/ecommerce-losses-online-payment-fraud-48bn)
- [Online shopping over festive period](https://www.mytotalretail.com/article/how-consumers-are-tackling-the-2022-holiday-shopping-season/)
- [Online spending during the holidays period](https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341589/holidays-online-spend-worldwide/)
- [Transaction volume during the holiday](https://chainstoreage.com/survey-digital-purchases-fraud-rise-holidays)
- [UK shoppers & voucher use](https://internetretailing.net/peak/peak-2022-how-shoppers-are-buying-on-the-approach-to-christmas/)
- [Promotion abuse during festive period](https://www.fraudpractice.com/post/stop-identity-fraud-and-promo-abuse-in-the-face-of-a-potential-recession)
- [Returns over the holidays](https://www.shopify.com/uk/enterprise/ecommerce-returns)
- [Returns post-holiday season](https://www.shopify.com/uk/enterprise/ecommerce-returns)
- [Rise in phishing and social engineering](https://www.darkreading.com/risk/retail-sector-prepares-for-annual-holiday-cybercrime-onslaught)
- [Rise in identity fraud](https://www.experianplc.com/media/latest-news/2022/identity-fraud-set-to-peak-during-christmas-shopping-season/)
- [Credential on the dark web](https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/24-billion-credentials-circulate-dark-web-2022)
- [Compromised cards for sale during the holidays](https://www.recordedfuture.com/season-for-giving-season-of-taking-heightened-fraud-during-holiday-shopping)
- [Losses to card no present transactions](https://news.cardnotpresent.com/news/merchants-will-lose-48-billion-to-fraud-globally-in-2023-says-report)
- [Rise in promotional campaigns to harvest credentials ](https://www.darkreading.com/risk/retail-sector-prepares-for-annual-holiday-cybercrime-onslaught)

## Author

![Lola Omo-Ikerodah](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_avatarSmall/101467/lola.webp)

Lola Omo-IkerodahContent Writer (Ravelin alumna)

Lola has previously served as Content Writer at Ravelin.

[More from this author](https://www.ravelin.com/author/lola-omo-ikerodah)

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