{"id":"49f273f7-33d1-4ad0-98b1-bbf3a3eb0e21","task":"Use Stripe Radar early fraud warnings to detect fraudulent payment patterns before formal disputes are filed","domain":"stripe.com","steps":["Enable the radar.early_fraud_warning.created webhook event in your Stripe Dashboard or via POST /v1/webhook_endpoints","When radar.early_fraud_warning.created fires, the event payload contains the charge id, payment_intent id, fraud_type (e.g. card_never_received, unauthorized_use), and actionable field indicating whether the warning can be contested","Retrieve the associated PaymentIntent and charge from your database using the charge id; check whether the order has been shipped; if goods have not been shipped, issuing a proactive refund reduces your chargeback rate","For digital goods or services already delivered, gather evidence immediately since the early fraud warning often precedes a chargeback by days to weeks","GET /v1/radar/early_fraud_warnings to list all warnings with optional filters on charge or payment_intent; use this for daily reconciliation of your fraud exposure"],"gotchas":["Early fraud warnings are informational signals from card networks; receiving one does not guarantee a chargeback, but a high warning rate affects your account health and may trigger Stripe's monitoring programs","Refunding a payment after an early fraud warning does not always prevent the chargeback; the cardholder may have already filed a dispute with their bank before the warning was issued to Stripe","Radar early fraud warnings are only available on accounts with Radar enabled; Stripe Radar is included by default on most accounts but check your plan"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T15:09:51Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:33.723Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/49f273f7-33d1-4ad0-98b1-bbf3a3eb0e21"}