The “Long-Haul” Seller Scheme
01 — SIGNAL
A cluster of seller accounts paired high-value decoy listings with unusually long 6–8 week processing windows, using platform boosts to aggregate orders before shipping deadlines.
02 — INVESTIGATION
I connected “Item Not Received” chargebacks to extended shipping windows, then used OSINT reverse-image search to establish that product imagery had been scraped.
03 — OUTCOME
The investigation led to a targeted sweep and the suspension of hundreds of fraudulent accounts, preventing further financial loss.