Threat Intelligence Directory
Social Engineering
Gift Card Payment Scam
Attack Trigger
Authority impersonation + urgency
What Attackers Want
$200–$2,000 per incident
How This Attack Works
Scammers impersonate bosses, government agencies, or utilities demanding payment via gift cards. Gift card payments are untraceable and non-refundable.
Red Flags to Watch For
- ✗No legitimate organization accepts gift cards as payment
- ✗Extreme urgency to buy cards immediately
- ✗Instructs you to read numbers over the phone
- ✗Impersonates IRS, utility company, or your employer
How Glance Stops This
- Domain similarity analysis catches lookalike sender addresses at millisecond speed
- SPF / DKIM / DMARC validation flags authentication failures before you ever see the email
- VirusTotal + Google Safe Browsing checks every link in real time
- Urgency language detection scores the email higher for manual review
- Known malicious domain blocklist updated continuously from live scan data
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