Jart Armin in Internet Evolution: Online Marketing Scams – From the Fortune 500
‘Some companies use methods similar to those employed by online scammers and cybercriminals, such as utilizing adware and injected pages to entice customers into clicking on confirmation buttons. The companies may use the confirmation button from adverts promising “cash back rewards” as a go-ahead to pass along personal data obtained from customers, i.e., email address and payment card details, to third-party membership clubs. In turn, those clubs promptly set up automatic monthly fee withdrawals directly from the newly “enrolled” members.’
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