Artificially Inflated Traffic (AIT) is a type of SMS fraud that happens when fraudsters generate high volumes of fake traffic via mobile applications or websites.
A common AIT scenario looks something like this:
- A fraudster designs a bot to create fake accounts.
- The bot triggers a one-time passcode (OTP) SMS to mobile numbers.
- The fraudster partners with a rogue party to intercept the inflated traffic without actually delivering messages to the end user.
- Together, they claim the revenue, share the profits...
- … and repeat the process to inflate revenues further or tamper with conversion statistics.
To learn more about AIT and what can be done about it - read the full blog post on sinch.com.
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