AI Architecture & Anti-Scalper Detection

Real-Time Fraud & Anomaly Scoring Pipeline

During high-demand flash sales, automated scalper bots account for up to 80% of incoming traffic. 18-flash-sale-inventory incorporates an intelligent fraud and scalper scoring pipeline.

Why a Pre-Trained Heuristic / API Instead of Training a Custom Model

1. Zero Cold-Start Data Requirement: Flash sales generate extreme non-stationary traffic distributions. Training a custom model requires labeled bot datasets that evolve constantly.
2. Sub-Millisecond Inference: Calling a heavy neural network during a 50,000 RPS burst introduces unviable latency. Heuristic rule scoring (checkout velocity < 200ms, headless browser fingerprints, IP rotation) executes in microseconds.
3. Vendor Agility: The fraud score pipeline is abstracted through an interface, allowing seamless integration with cloud providers (e.g. AWS WAF Bot Control or Cloudflare Turnstile).