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Gift cards are being used in scams as a form of payment though their balances are also being stolen outright by bots.

As customers shop online, gift card scams have gone up substantially. Scammers are even using WebCrawler bots to extract money, which means people might be gifting cards with zero balance

New data from Imperva Research Labs sees the highest percentage of bad bot traffic (25.6 percent) since the company began reporting traffic in 2014.

40.8% of internet traffic in 2020 was not humanBad bot traffic increased 6.2% and now represents more than one quarter of all website requestsBots disguised as mobile browser users rose to 28.1%

Record $7.4 billion. now the cyber monday rush already on track to break more records. 77% of consumers plan to shop expected to spend $9.4 billion, and forget the laptop, consumers are buying 50% more on their smartphones than last year, and retailers are attempting to woo customers by extending cyber monday into cyber week. best buy offering up to $250 off leno voe laptops and chrome books. apple advertising gift cards up to $200 depending on what you buy. and getting those packages into your ...

Expected to spend $9.4 billion. and forget the laptop, consumers are buying 50% more on their smartphones than last year. and retailers are attempting to woo customers by extending cyber monday into cyber week. best buy offering up to $250 off lev n-. ovo laptops and chrome books. hotel tonight has 25% off a hotel booking. apple advertising gift cards of up to $200. depending what you buy. and getting those packages into your hands fast has become more competitive than ever. >> order on the app ...