Return fraud is getting worse by the day

I am a long time FBM seller, I sell electronics of all different varieties, I understand this is a high fraud category, but it’s starting to get out of hand.

My return rate is about 10% (extremely high) of those returns over half of them are fraud of some kind. Either buyers send back broken items with different serial numbers, remove parts/accesories from the original shipment before returning, lie about the item being defective, or simply try to get a refund without returning.

My margins make this worth it for me, or that’s how I used to feel at least. However I am seeing a further uptick in fraud over the past 8 months. I charge restocking fees when fraudsters return things and will continue to do so, my seller feedback rating is still 97%!

Anyone else noticing fraud trending upward?