"Click fraud is a
type of internet crime that occurs in pay per click online
advertising when a person, automated script, or computer
program imitates a legitimate user of a web browser clicking
on an ad, for the purpose of generating a charge per click
without having actual interest in the target of the ad's
link. Click fraud is the subject of some controversy and
increasing litigation due to the advertising networks being
a key beneficiary of the fraud. Use of a computer to
commit this type of Internet fraud is a felony in many
jurisdictions, for example as covered by Penal code 502 in
California, USA, and the Computer Misuse Act 1990 in the
United Kingdom. There have been arrests relating to click
fraud with regard to malicious clicking in order to deplete
a competitor's advertising budget." -- wikipedia.com
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