{"data":{"id":"acb9a9a8-3c28-46d3-9005-12c7b984c092","title":"AI chatbot fraud: the ‘gift card’ subcription that may cost you dear","summary":"Fraudsters have been using compromised accounts to purchase gift cards for Claude, an AI chatbot by Anthropic, and charging them to users' credit cards without permission. Multiple Claude users reported unauthorized charges ranging from $200 to €225, with vouchers being sent to their email addresses, suggesting potential email compromise.","solution":"Anthropic says it is putting new protections in place to prevent fraudulent gift card purchases and that it cancels subscriptions and issues refunds when it identifies scam purchases. The company advises: contact Anthropic's support about unrecognized payments, cancel your affected bank card and request a new one, change your login details on the site, and contact your bank or credit card company to make a chargeback claim (a formal dispute requesting your money back) if you notice unauthorized payments.","labels":["security","privacy"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/may/03/ai-claude-chatbot-gift-card-subcription-scam-mystery-payments","publishedAt":"2026-05-03T06:00:46.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"medium","attackType":["other"],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedVendors":["Anthropic"],"affectedVendorsRaw":["Anthropic","Claude"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001","classifierPromptVersion":"v3","cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-05-03T06:00:46.000Z","capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"moderate","impactType":["confidentiality","integrity"],"aiComponentTargeted":"api","llmSpecific":true,"classifierConfidence":0.85,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null}}