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Worldpay from FIS (Vantiv)Vantiv 318
Restricted Card - Fraud Advice Filtering
Fraud/Security
Suspected fraudulent activity or security blocks
Do Not Retry
Retry will not succeed
Description
The transaction was declined by the Auth Fraud Advice Filtering Service.
Recommended Action
Do not retry. The card has been flagged by fraud advice filtering.
Common Causes
- Card flagged based on fraud advice from the network
- Previous fraud associated with this card
Recovery Tips
- Request an alternative payment method
- Review your fraud advice filtering settings
Quick Reference
Code
318
Category
Fraud/Security
Retryable
No
Source
Vantiv
Recoverability verdict
Retrying 318 will not work
This is a hard decline. Retrying code 318 will not recover the payment. But most merchants seeing this code also have soft declines they are not recovering. Check what your retry strategy is leaving behind.
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229Non-Retryable
Illegal Transaction
The transaction would violate applicable law or regulation.
340Non-Retryable
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The transaction amount is invalid — it may be too high, too low, or above the merchant's transaction limit.
555Non-Retryable
Suspected Fraud
The issuing bank declined the transaction as suspected fraud.
226Non-Retryable
Incorrect CVV
The transaction was declined because it was submitted with an incorrect security code (CVV2/CID).