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Banks consider these businesses high-risk:
1-800 chat sites
Airlines
Airplane charters
All sexually oriented merchants
Amazon, Yahoo, or Google stores
Auctions
Automotive brokers
Bankruptcy attorneys
Calling cards
Check cashing services
Cigarette or electronic-cigarette sales
Collection agencies
Credit or debt repair
Direct selling
Drug paraphernalia
Event ticket brokers
Exporting services (non U.S.-based)
Fantasy sports websites
Federal Firearms License dealers
Indirect financial consulting
Financial planning, strategy, or advising
“How-To” websites
Horoscopes, astrology, or psychic services
Investment firms
Lawyer referral services
Life coaching
Lingerie sales
Lotteries
Magazine sales and subscriptions
Mail order
Membership organizations
Merchants on the terminated merchant file list
Modeling agencies
Pawn shops
Real estate
Replica or knock-off handbags and accessories
Self defense, pepper spray, mace
Talent agencies
Telecommunications
Telephone order
Timeshares
Tour operators
Travel services
Travel agencies
Travel clubs
Vacation planners
Vacation rentals
Vitamin and supplement sales (diet pills, prescriptions, pharma)
VOIP services
Weapons of any sort including weapon parts
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