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Of bot farms, triangulation and double dips

A CMO gives his take on the tech and consumption trends that will define fraud in 2023

    • Fluid and fast-acting, fraudsters constantly experiment with new tactics to find cracks in a merchant's defences.
    • Fluid and fast-acting, fraudsters constantly experiment with new tactics to find cracks in a merchant's defences. PHOTO: PIXABAY
    Published Fri, Feb 24, 2023 · 02:00 PM

    FRAUDSTERS are fluid – they constantly experiment with new tactics to find cracks in a merchant’s defences.

    In 2023, there are five trends that retailers and other merchants need to be aware of. We saw each in 2022 and expect to see them with even more frequency in the months ahead.

    1. Human ‘bot’ farms

    At present, fraud fighters lack a better, more sensitive way of describing the criminal operation of “human bots”.

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