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Fraud Bots: What They Are, How They Drain Your Ad Budget, and How to Stop Them

How fraud bots work, what they cost advertisers, and practical steps to detect and stop them.

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Wasted-Spend Calculator

How much are bots costing your ad budget?

An honest estimate based on public industry benchmarks (IAS, DoubleVerify, ANA). Move the sliders to match your spend — we'll show the typical invalid-traffic loss for your channel mix.

Uses published IVT rates — no scan, no signup, no data leaves the page Estimates monthly & annualised loss range Most customers recover the spend within 30 days

Monthly Ad Spend

$10,000 /mo

$1K$50K$150K$500K+

Primary Channel

Install fraud, SDK spoofing, attribution hijacking

Estimated Loss Mobile App Install · 18–32% IVT

$1,800 – $3,200

wasted per month

≈ $21,600 – $38,400

over 12 months

Reaches real users Likely invalid Confirmed wasted

Estimate only · industry benchmarks No data collected