All notes
Payments / 2025-07-02
The descriptor gives away the brand network
Seven websites and one statement text is already an investigation, not a coincidence.
Pseudo-brokers change domain faster than acquirer. Descriptor, MCC and settlement file bind them more tightly than landing-page design.
It is worth collecting statements from several victims. A shared descriptor is a pressure point on the acquirer.
This is work with the fact of payment, not with an internet review.