Stop PayPal fake orders and checkout spam
Fake and spam orders through PayPal are not just clutter. A run of bad transactions can trigger a hold or a reserve on your PayPal balance, which ties up money you are counting on. QWeb Spam Shield stops the bot checkout bursts before they reach PayPal.
Works with PayPal
How fake orders hurt a PayPal account
PayPal monitors transaction patterns closely. A spike in failed, disputed or clearly fraudulent orders can lead to a temporary hold or a rolling reserve, and getting that lifted takes time and back-and-forth. Stopping the fake orders at the source avoids the whole problem.
How Spam Shield protects your checkout
- Velocity and burst detection stops a single source placing many orders quickly.
- Reputation and behaviour checks flag known-bad IPs, mismatched details and disposable emails.
- Genuine buyers protected, with real retries held for review instead of blocked.
- Outbound Mail Guard keeps an order-notification flood from harming your domain reputation during an attack.
Keep your balance flowing
Fewer fake orders means fewer of the signals that trigger PayPal holds and reserves, so your money keeps moving and your account stays in good standing.
Common questions
It removes a common cause of them. By cutting fake and spam orders at checkout, you reduce the failed and disputed transactions that lead to holds and reserves.
No. Genuine buyers pass, and any borderline order is held for review rather than rejected.
No. Checkout protection works on activation for any WooCommerce gateway, PayPal included.
The same checkout protection applies, and there are dedicated guides for both.
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