{"id":300671,"date":"2017-01-17T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integralads.com\/insider\/ad-fraud-short-guide\/"},"modified":"2023-12-21T23:38:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T23:38:41","slug":"ad-fraud-short-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integralads.com\/uk\/insider\/ad-fraud-short-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Ad fraud: A short guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We all know ad fraud is a problem, but it\u2019s not always clear what exactly fraud is, how it works, and how we can eliminate it from the digital ecosystem. We\u2019re here to make this complex topic easy to understand and address. 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