Fraud detection tends to focus on the moment money is stolen. Just as much loss potential sits one step later — in the network of mule accounts that receives, layers and cashes it out.
As complaint volumes tied to social-engineering-led UPI transactions grow, the industry conversation is shifting: authorised does not mean low risk, and disputes arising from manipulated consent need their own control taxonomy.
UPI's authorisation-first design means a growing share of fraud losses are technically consented transactions. That has quietly shifted the detection problem from stopping unauthorised access to spotting manipulated consent.
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