While Recession Deepens, Click Fraud Rises
“Just as more street crime has been reported over the past few months, as the recession has deepened, so has more online ‘street’ crime, such as click fraud,” said David Hallerman, eMarketer senior analyst. “Hard times make for more illegal activity.”
According to the Click Fraud Index, the overall industry average click fraud rate grew to slightly more than 17% for Q4 2008, up from 16% in the previous quarter.
Surprisingly the US gets most of the current cybercrime share, while Canada (originating 7.4% of total click fraud), Germany (3%) and China (2.3%) contribute their bit.
(Click fraud occurs when an automated computer program imitates a legitimate user by clicking on a search ad to generate a bogus charge).
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