Is your PPC campaign getting sabotaged by fraudsters? Are you depleting 10%, 20%–even 40% of your budget on wasted clicks? How to catch these scammers with their hands in the cookie jar! If you advertise in Pay Per Click Programs like Google’s Adwords and Yahoo’s Overture, someone is keeping you from maximizing your profits. If you pay those megabucks for…
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Fight Back Against Identity Theft
Identity theft is a serious crime that costs American consumers billions of dollars and countless hours each year. It occurs when someone uses your personal information without your permission to commit fraud or other crimes. While you can’t entirely control whether you will become a victim, there are steps you can take to minimize your risk. The Federal Trade Commission…
How To Get Your Free Annual Credit Report
Unfortunately along with the holiday season usually comes an increase in credit card fraud and identity theft, so right after the holidays is a great time to check your credit report. The following article will show you why, when and how to check your credit report… Why you should check your credit report * to check for errors * to…
Adsense Fraud
It’s worthwhile to examine Google’s definition of Google AdSense and Click Fraud , before delving deeper into “AdSense Fraud” . Google AdSense fraud is one of the diseases that plague the Ad Words advertisers. The AdSense program essentially allows website publishers/owners to sign up with Google, enabling them to display Google Ads on their sites. These publishers essentially act as…
How To Clean Up Your Credit Ruined By Scammers
If you suspect you are a victim of identity theft or if you know you are, what should you do? Identity-theft victims don’t make the chaos but eventually they have to clear it. There’s no one who can do it except the consumer whose credit was ruined by an ID thief. New initiatives can help identity-theft victims begin the lengthy…
Identity Theft Recovery The Road Back
Not too long ago, a friend of mine mentioned that one of his coworkers recently recovered his stolen identity. I asked how long the process took. “Only two years” he replied. Compared to my business partner’s six year nightmare “only” maybe appropriate but like most victims of identity theft, he probably thought “when”. As in, “when will I get my…
How To Recognize Ebay Scams
Shopping and selling on eBay can be one of the most rewarding experiences on the Internet. However you need to be careful of scam artists who will try to take advantage of you through various types of fraud. If you do get scammed on eBay there are ways you can get your money back. However, it is very difficult to…
How To Avoid Credit Card Fraud
Wedding loans are also a type of personal loans. Wedding day is the most important day in everyone’s life. A wedding loan can make it very special. If you are calling all your friends and relatives, then you have to throw a big party. Loan market in the UK is swamped with enormous number of loan options. Different loans have…
Click Fraud A Guide To Protecting Your Pay Per Click Campaign
Click fraud is the latest ‘hot topic’ circulating the online marketing arena, but what is it? And how does it affect you as a merchant running a pay-per-click campaign? Spending on Internet advertising is growing faster than any other sector of the advertising industry and is expected to surge from $12.5 billion last year to $29 billion by 2010 in…
Credit Card Theft Hurts Retailers And Credit Card Consumers
Thanks to the zero liability policy offered by most credit card issuers, if your credit card is stolen you’re typically only liable for a very small portion of the unauthorized purchases- if any. Even if a thief charges thousands of dollars on your credit card, a zero liability policy means you don’t pay for it. You’re not the only one…