Security News > 2020 > December > How to protect yourself from gift card scams
2020-12-08 16:33
With the holiday season in bloom, watch out for scams that promise free gift cards or offer to check your gift card balance, says Bolster.
A report released Tuesday by fraud prevention company Bolster looks at two types of gift card scams ringing in the holiday season and offers tips on how to avoid them.
November saw the biggest volume of new gift card scams with 6,881 new malicious sites and more than 229 such sites popping up each day.
In November, these two sectors compromised 59% of all online gift card scams.
Based on its own research, Bolster discovered two types of gift card scams gaining traction.
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