{"id":6914,"date":"2017-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources2\/tutorials\/what-is-export-controlled-country-validation\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T06:25:16","password":"","slug":"what-is-export-controlled-country-validation","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/tutorials\/what-is-export-controlled-country-validation\/","title":{"rendered":"What is export controlled country validation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Be cautious with orders coming from embargoed countries. Different countries will have their embargoed country list regulated that you shouldn&#8217;t export any goods to. You may have good knowledge about the embargoed list of your country, but filter those out could be a daunting task if you had many orders transacted in a day. Good news is, this exported control rule will make your task a lot easier.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the example of export controlled countries for United States.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CU, Cuba<\/li>\n<li>IR, Iran<\/li>\n<li>KP, Korea (North) (People&#8217;s Republic)<\/li>\n<li>SD, Sudan<\/li>\n<li>SY, Syria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to add the export controlled country validation rule for fraud review<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Login to the <strong>FraudLabs Pro Merchant Control Panel<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Rules<\/strong> then click <strong>Add Rule<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Shipping Country<\/strong> <strong>Equal to<\/strong> <strong>Export Controlled Country <\/strong>under the <strong>Rule<\/strong> field.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/custom-country-rule.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3024 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/custom-country-rule.png\" alt=\"Export controlled country validation rule\" width=\"1432\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/custom-country-rule.png 1432w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/custom-country-rule-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/custom-country-rule-1024x273.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/custom-country-rule-768x205.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/custom-country-rule-50x13.png 50w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/custom-country-rule-920x245.png 920w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/custom-country-rule-600x160.png 600w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/custom-country-rule-320x85.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1432px) 100vw, 1432px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Choose the action you want.<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00a0Click <strong>Add Rule<\/strong> and don&#8217;t forget to click <strong>Save<\/strong> and you are done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 class=\"m-bottom-5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready to start with FraudLabs Pro?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"m-bottom-5 is-size-20\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Get Micro plan for free, you can quickly explore and integrate with our fraud prevention solution in minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-1 maxbutton maxbutton-sign-up-micro\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Sign Up Micro Plan and get 500 validation for FREE\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/checkout-micro#fraudlabspro-freesignup\"><span class='mb-text'>Sign Up Free<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be cautious with orders coming from embargoed countries. 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