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E-Commerce / Retail Technology · Confidential (e-commerce operations)

E-commerce fraud detection & order verification

AI-driven fraud scoring and Retell voice verification on WooCommerce orders — with automated holds, refunds via Authorize.net, and ops dashboards.

Timeline
Mar 2025 – Jun 2025 · production-ready
Status
Completed
Category
automation
Industry
E-Commerce / Retail Technology
  • −45%

    Chargebacks

    Fraud-related losses reduced

  • +70%

    Verification speed

    Faster order checks

  • −60%

    Manual review

    Ops workload reduction

Context

Fraudulent orders and chargebacks were eating margin while manual verification slowed fulfillment.

The client needed pre-fulfillment detection with automated customer verification and refunds.

Channels & stack

  • AI Agents & Automation
  • React.js
  • Node.js
  • n8n
  • WooCommerce
  • PostgreSQL
  • RetellAI
  • Authorize.net
  • Twilio
  • AWS
  • Docker

Challenge

Chargebacks and advanced fraud patterns

False positives harming good customers

Manual refund and investigation overhead

Goals

  • 01

    Score and categorize orders in real time

  • 02

    AI voice verification for high-risk cases

  • 03

    Automate refunds and notifications

Delivery sequence

How the engagement ran.

  1. Phase 01

    Planning

    Fraud workflow design

    Mapped signals with operations and support.

    Work

    • Pattern analysis
    • Decision thresholds

    Deliverables

    • Scoring model
    • Workflow design
  2. Phase 02

    Delivery

    Automation build

    Webhooks, Retell verification, Authorize.net refunds.

    Work

    • n8n decision engine
    • Comms and CRM updates
    • Audit logging

    Deliverables

    • Production automation
    • Admin dashboard

Architecture

  1. 01

    WooCommerce webhook order monitoring

  2. 02

    Fraud signal extraction and scoring

  3. 03

    Approve / hold / cancel / refund decisions

  4. 04

    RetellAI purchase verification calls

  5. 05

    Authorize.net refund automation

Outcome

45% fewer chargebacks

70% faster verification

60% less manual review work

Lessons

  • 01

    Configurable thresholds balanced fraud prevention and CX

  • 02

    AI voice verification cut operational bottlenecks

  • 03

    Retry-safe webhooks were essential for reliability

Next step

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