From Social Post to Payment Link: We Map the Whole Chain

Illicit merchants rarely advertise on their own storefronts. The funnel usually starts on Instagram, Telegram, WhatsApp, or a classifieds site — and ends at a payment link, QR code, or UPI handle several hops away from the merchant a bank or acquirer actually onboarded.

PayLegit builds a graph of that entire chain for content-to-payment traceability: social media account, landing page, redirect domains, and payment endpoint.

What the graph reveals

• Shared hosting infrastructure across seemingly unrelated storefronts
• Reused payment handles, VPAs, and QR codes across multiple merchants
• Common contact details and repeated content templates
• The real path from advertisement to payment settlement

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