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What is lead gen fraud? - Impact

Performance fraud, unpacked

Performance fraud targets both web and mobile environments — but what is it? How does it work? What does it look like? Knowledge is power, so take a look at this animated gallery of web and app-based fraud techniques and gain control.

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Web attribution fraud
Lead gen fraud
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Lead gen fraud

Malicious affiliates collect advertiser payouts for producing fake leads or conversion events.

Lead gen fraud

Fraud techniques

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Web fraud

Web attribution

Click spoofing
Hidden landing pages
Image embedding
Malvertising
Sneaky redirects
Toolbar injection

Lead gen

Bot fraud (clicks)
Device spoofing
Incentivized traffic
Recycled/stolen information
Unapproved network syndication
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Mobile fraud

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Click flooding
Click injection
Click spoofing
Malvertising

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Device ID reset marathons
Inauthentic engagement
Incentivized traffic
Proxy tunneling
Install farms
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Lead gen fraud

web

Lead gen fraud

Malicious affiliates collect advertiser payouts for producing fake leads or conversion events.

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