Systems and Methods for Identifying Potential Shipments of Prohibited Goods from Merchants

A computer-implemented method for use in identifying potential shipments of prohibited goods from merchants in connection with processing transactions relating to the goods, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a computing device, a request to process a transaction relating to goods provided by a target merchant, the request including an address associated with the target merchant;
• searching, in a database of merchants that have previously been identified as, or associated with, selling and/or shipping prohibited goods to consumers, for the address associated with the target merchant;
• and
• when the address associated with the target merchant is in the database:
• flagging the target merchant, at the computing device;
• and
• declining the transaction.

A non-transitory computer readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

• identify an address, associated with a target merchant, from a request relating to a transaction associated with goods provided by the target merchant;
• search in a database for the address of the target merchant;
• when the address associated with the target merchant is in the database:
• generate a flag for the target merchant;
• decline the transaction;
• and
• communicate a warning to at least one of a consumer associated with the transaction and a carrier shipping the goods when the flag is generated for the target merchant, the warning including at least an identification of the target merchant and an indication that the goods are prohibited;
• and
• when the address associated with the merchant is not in the database, not decline the transaction.