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    'Grinch Bots' Attempt To Steal Christmas By Driving Up Toy Prices

    Sen. Chuck Schumer is urging retailers to stop "Grinch bots" who use sophisticated software to buy out the most popular toys of the season and sell them for a hefty markup on third-party sites.
    by Samantha Raphelson Dec 05, 2017 2 minutes
    The Grinch, played by Jim Carrey, conspires with his dog Max to deprive the Whos of their favorite holiday in the live-action adaptation of "Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas."

    Then he got an idea, an awful idea. The Grinch got a wonderful, awful idea.

    I know just what to do, the Grinch laughed in his throat. All it will take is a few keystrokes.

    But of course he didn't actually muse. Because the Grinch in this case is a bot. It's automatic. It doesn't snooze.

    Online scammers with an arsenal of cyber bots are stealing

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