New Delhi, April 30 -- Organised fraud networks are now systematically targeting online marketplaces, with coordinated groups exploiting platform systems at scale, mirroring patterns once seen in banking fraud, according to a new study.

An analysis of 70 million marketplace users by AI- powered risk decisioning platform Bureau, revealed that coordinated groups are now exploiting online systems at a scale similar to the Jamtara banking scams.

The report showed that features intended to drive growth, such as return policies, referral incentives, and cash-on-delivery (COD) options, are being misused by structured networks.

The report identified that marketplace fraud today operates through highly coordinated clusters. It highlighted that ...