Fraud Validation Rules

    Detect and fight ad fraud by configuring fraud validation rules. You can set the prevention level for each rule and decide how to process the fraudulent conversions and touchpoints.

    Caution

    The fraud validation rules may affect ad cost calculations for paid ads. Consult with your ad channels, agencies, and any other stakeholders before configuring the fraud validation rules.

     

    Fraud Validation Rules by Ad Fraud Types

    Airbridge offers the following fraud validation rules to detect different types of ad fraud. Each rule operates independently.

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    Fraud Validation Rules

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    Description

    Conversion Traffic

    Detect suspicious events based on device information

    Lag Time

    Detect suspicious touchpoints based on the CTIT

    Frequency Capping

    Detect suspicious touchpoints based on the frequency of the touchpoint occurrence

    IP Blocklisting

    Detect suspicious touchpoints based on IP

    SDK Signature

    Detect suspicious events using SDK Signature credentials

    Injection Prevention

    Detect suspicious touchpoints that occur between app install and the first launch for Android apps

    Prevention Level

    Suspicious events and touchpoints detected by the fraud validation rules will be processed according to the set prevention levels.

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    Prevention Level

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    Description

    Level 1: Mark as fraud

    - Suspicious events or touchpoints will be tagged as fraud in the Airbridge reports and raw data export files.

    Level 2: Don't send postbacks

    - Suspicious events or touchpoints will be tagged as fraud in the Airbridge reports and raw data export files.

    - Suspicious conversions or touchpoints won't be sent as postbacks.

    Level 3: Don't attribute

    - Suspicious events or touchpoints will be tagged as fraud in the Airbridge reports and raw data export files.

    - Suspicious events or touchpoints won't be sent as postbacks.

    - Suspicious events or touchpoints won't be attributed or aggregated.

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