Online fraud professionals beware – there are challenges ahead.

It will come as no surprise to experienced ecommerce fraud protection pros to learn that [2016 was a difficult year from the fraud perspective](http://l.forter.com/fraud-attack-index-mrc-forter-2016). Online fraudsters had their numbers boosted by the criminals who moved across following EMV adoption in the US, and they started exploring new industries and working out [new attack methods](http://blog.forter.com/blog/2017/01/omnichannel-fraud-detecting-the-click-and-collect-fraudster).