A US man has been charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud
over a 'click fraud' scheme allegedly carried out against an internet
firm that rewards subscribers who complete online surveys and view
banner ads.
US Attorney Kevin Ryan said Allen Tam, of Daly City, California, was indicted on Tuesday, after an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Click fraud is a general term that describes the practice of skewing pay-per-click data by generating illegitimate 'clicks' or 'hits' on internet ads. It is more often discussed in connection with search engine ad schemes, such as Google's AdSense Service, where unscrupulous website owners sometimes try to increase the fees paid to them by Google by ensuring that third party adverts displayed on their site are clicked as often as possible.
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US Attorney Kevin Ryan said Allen Tam, of Daly City, California, was indicted on Tuesday, after an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Click fraud is a general term that describes the practice of skewing pay-per-click data by generating illegitimate 'clicks' or 'hits' on internet ads. It is more often discussed in connection with search engine ad schemes, such as Google's AdSense Service, where unscrupulous website owners sometimes try to increase the fees paid to them by Google by ensuring that third party adverts displayed on their site are clicked as often as possible.
View: Full Article @ The Reg
who cares who is clicking or how; the point is, this is what the advertisers are paying for - CLICKS!
"According to the indictment, Mr Tam, 32, is alleged to have obtained computer source code from his employer and to have used that source code to develop a robot program which could then be used on FreeRide's website.
The indictment alleges that between 2000 and 2002 Tam used the robot program to fraudulently generate and accumulate FreeRide points by emulating activities on FreeRide's website."
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