back to article Verizon, NetFlix, KFC ad-men pay traffic cons $500k a month

Gergő Varga reckons Verizon, Fedex, and Smirnoff are being robbed half a million dollars a month by advertising scammers. The risk boffin and founder of advertising security firm outfit Enbrite.ly says the telco, transport and tipple trio which also includes Netflix and KFC are paying for fraudulent ad clicks. "A relatively …

  1. Tromos
    Happy

    Advertisers getting screwed over?

    I'm all for it.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    nothing wrong

    Given the motto of advertising: pecunia non olet, innit?

  3. Anonymous Coward
  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Pirates and Pornographers

    also drink Smirnoff and eat KFC so what's the problem?

  5. Teiwaz

    The piranhas are nibbling the sharks then...

    Is this really any worse than TV?

    Imagine your advert going on at nine in the morning during a weekday or on the last adbreak before the signal switches to some shopping channel at x'oclock in the morning.

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