Buyer fraud occurs when a customer or potential customer defrauds a seller during the process of completing a transaction. Issuer fraud occurs when the offender issues a payment order after having obtained, usually through social engineering mechanisms such as phishing, the user's security credentials.
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Average value of payment frauds in Portugal H1 2023-H1 2024, by instrument
In Portugal, during the first half of 2023, credit transfers were accountable for the highest value of fraud among payment instruments, registering an average value of euros. The same occurred in the first half of 2024, with an even bigger fraud value. Direct debits followed, with an average fraud value of *** euros in 2023 and *** euros in 2024. In terms of bank cards, frauds from the perspective of the buyer reached the average value of *** euros, while frauds from the perspective of the issuer stayed at ** euros on average in 2024.
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Banco de Portugal. (May 8, 2025). Average value of payment frauds in Portugal from 1st half 2023 to 1st half 2024, by instrument (in euros) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/1407239/portugal-payment-fraud-value-by-instrument/
Banco de Portugal. "Average value of payment frauds in Portugal from 1st half 2023 to 1st half 2024, by instrument (in euros)." Chart. May 8, 2025. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 31, 2026. /statistics/1407239/portugal-payment-fraud-value-by-instrument/
Banco de Portugal. (2025). Average value of payment frauds in Portugal from 1st half 2023 to 1st half 2024, by instrument (in euros). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 31, 2026. /statistics/1407239/portugal-payment-fraud-value-by-instrument/
Banco de Portugal. "Average Value of Payment Frauds in Portugal from 1st Half 2023 to 1st Half 2024, by Instrument (in Euros)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 8 May 2025, /statistics/1407239/portugal-payment-fraud-value-by-instrument/
Banco de Portugal, Average value of payment frauds in Portugal from 1st half 2023 to 1st half 2024, by instrument (in euros) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1407239/portugal-payment-fraud-value-by-instrument/ (last visited July 31, 2026)
Average value of payment frauds in Portugal from 1st half 2023 to 1st half 2024, by instrument (in euros) [Graph], Banco de Portugal, May 8, 2025. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1407239/portugal-payment-fraud-value-by-instrument/
