Pay Up, Or We’ll Make Google Ban Your Ads
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 14:13:06 +0000
A new email-based extortion scheme apparently is making the rounds, targeting Web site owners serving banner ads through Google’s AdSense program. In this scam, the fraudsters demand bitcoin in exchange for a promise not to flood the publisher’s ads with so much bot and junk traffic that Google’s automated anti-fraud systems suspend the user’s AdSense account for suspicious traffic.
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