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Friendly Fraud / First-Party Misuse

Customer received it. Used it. Then disputed.
Post-delivery behaviour is the evidence.

Friendly fraud is harder to defend because the underlying claim — non-receipt or SNAD — may seem plausible on paper. The defence depends on showing a timeline that contradicts the customer's claim. A support contact after delivery, a product question, a review, a second order — any post-delivery interaction makes the DNR or SNAD claim implausible. These need to be in one structured file with timestamps.

Proof requirements — Friendly Fraud / First-Party Misuse

What reviewers need to see. In priority order.

These are the documents that determine whether a reviewer can act without sending a follow-up request. MUST items are required for a defensible case. STRONG items significantly improve the outcome. HELPS items add depth.

Evidence item Priority
Delivery confirmation with timestamp

Establishes the date the customer received the item.

MUST
Post-delivery customer interaction (any)

Support email, product question, review, or second order AFTER the delivery date. This is the contradiction evidence.

MUST
Timeline: delivery → post-delivery contact → chargeback filing

The gap between delivery and chargeback, with evidence of intermediate interaction, is the strongest signal of friendly fraud.

MUST
Communication log — full

All contact before and after delivery in one view.

STRONG
Clear ask: contradiction framed explicitly

'Customer contacted support on [date] — 2 days after confirmed delivery — then filed DNR chargeback on [date+12]. Timeline contradicts the non-receipt claim.'

STRONG
Order confirmation / invoice

Confirms the transaction details the chargeback relates to.

HELPS
One Invalidate for this case type: Establishes the date the customer received the item.
What changes with Vraimony

Before and after — same evidence, different structure.

BEFORE — what gets sent
  • ✗ Post-delivery support email exists but not linked to the dispute timeline
  • ✗ 12-day gap between delivery and chargeback not highlighted
  • ✗ Original response did not mention the contradiction evidence
AFTER — what Vraimony produces
  • ✓ Support email (7 Mar) after delivery (5 Mar): timestamped — PASS
  • ✓ Timeline: delivery → support contact → chargeback (12-day gap visible)
  • ✓ Clear ask: 'Post-delivery contact on 7 Mar contradicts DNR claim on 17 Mar'
How to build this in Vraimony

Three steps. One link to the reviewer.

Step 1 — Run the free readiness check

5 questions specific to this dispute type. Identifies your exact gaps before you package anything. Free, no account needed.

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Step 2 — Assemble the MUST items

Collect the MUST evidence items listed above. Each one is hashed client-side — files never leave your device as raw content.

What the reviewer sees

One link. No account. This is what the dispute team sees.

The reviewer opens the link and sees the record in this order — no attachments to open, no threads to reconstruct.

SummaryDelivered [date] with signature. Customer contacted support [date+2] — product question confirms possession. DNR chargeback filed [date+12].
Evidence labelsDelivery confirmation → PASS. Post-delivery support email → PASS (dated [date+2]). Timeline analysis → PASS (12-day gap documented).
Clear ask"Customer contacted support 2 days post-delivery, then filed DNR 12 days later. Post-delivery interaction contradicts the non-receipt claim."
Verify linkOpens independently. Confirms the record has not changed since sealing.
Zero follow-up requests = the record answered every question before they asked. That is the only metric that matters.
Other WooCommerce dispute types
Item Not Received (DNR) Not As Described (SNAD) Friendly Fraud Refund / Policy Dispute
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