Google Adsense, Affiliate Programs and Credit Card Fraud

bens · 02-02-2008

I came across an article. Fraudsters create legitimate adsense accounts then click their ads and purchase products using stolen credit card information. Part of the scheme is also to sign up with affiliate accounts so they can also earn from commissions. This is a clever modus operandi.

subesh · 02-02-2008

Really? I'm somewhat interested about reading this article. Could you post a link? This just goes to show the minds of hackers/schemers or whatever you might call them is developing just as fast as programmers develop their sites. The neverending war between hacker and programmer is getting bigger and is starting to occur more than ever before.

silentleo · 02-05-2008

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Originally Posted by bens

I came across an article. Fraudsters create legitimate adsense accounts then click their ads and purchase products using stolen credit card information. Part of the scheme is also to sign up with affiliate accounts so they can also earn from commissions. This is a clever modus operandi.

I know about this bad method. Many people do that especially for someone who have talent of hack others people account and credit card. Its bad and i believe many people already become their victim. So, for me. I avoid to verified paypal using credit card. I'm just fine with debit card of vcc.