Using Stolen Credit Cards to Buy Gift Cards

With consumer spending remaining solid, the overall forecast for 2022 holiday season shopping will be better than expected. Still, fears of recession and rising inflation amidst supply chain woes weigh heavy on shoppers’ minds. This year, 60% of consumers will rely on gift cards to fill gaps in product availability and combat high prices. But to grow the bottom … Continued

Introducing Riskified's Report on Online Gift Card Fraud

The online gift card market is thriving. Ecommerce sales of gift cards are increasing by 29% YOY, and by 2018, the US gift card market is expected to be worth $160 billion, driven primarily by surging digital gift card sales. Riskified’s work with Fortune 500 retailers who sell gift cards, as well as leading gift card-only merchants … Continued

Winning the Zero-Sum Game of Digital Goods

Anyone who has ever played or watched a poker game knows that any money one side wins is money that their opponents lose (trust me when I say from experience that when losing money playing poker the same concept applies, only in reverse). This is a classic example of a “zero-sum” game, in which one player’s loss … Continued