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Mobile Ad Fraud Is Surging as Scammers Get Smarter, According to New Report

Rates have doubled in the past year

Growth in fraud isn’t likely to let up anytime soon, marketers and researchers say.Getty Images
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By Patrick Kulp

May 24, 2018

Mobile ad fraud is in the midst of a period of rampant innovation.

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Patrick Kulp

Patrick Kulp is an emerging tech reporter at Adweek.

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