Scott Boyenger, CEO of Click Defense (www.clickdefense.com), today announced that Click Defense has independently confirmed log files associated with the “Bang Box” click fraud criminal complaint case
May 10, 2007 (Press Release) --
May 9, 2007 -- Scott Boyenger, CEO of Click Defense (www.clickdefense.com), today announced that Click Defense has independently confirmed log files associated with the “Bang Box” click fraud criminal complaint case #2005-037331 -- filed by Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc. (AIT – www.ait.com) against the Fayetteville Publishing Company (www.fayobserver.com or www.fayettevillenc.com ) -- and the lawsuit where alleged click fraud, unfair and deceptive trade practices and breach of contract. File No: 06 CVS 67 Superior Court, Cumberland County, North Carolina. “We received the logs from Web hosting company AIT, and it appeared to us that this traffic is repetitive and manufactured,” Boyenger said. “Coming from a “Bang Box” or server dedicated to click fraud. Click Defense is a company specializing in combating click fraud and obtaining refunds for clients and led a class action lawsuit against Google.
“The type of click fraud alleged in this lawsuit is new and very clever,” Boyenger said. “The traffic patterns and IP addresses blend with the ISP’s address space and make it appear like legitimate traffic. Boyenger says he contacted Charles Broadwell, the Publisher for FPC, who did not comment. According to the case filings, FPC co-located its servers in AIT’s Data Center for years and was being fed advertiser ads from search engines, syndicates, and other IAB members to its Web site. It alleges that a third-party “Bang Box” inside AIT’s Data did nothing but click on FPC advertiser ads making money for FPC without generating suspicious external traffic patterns.
Clarence Briggs, AIT said has a list of advertisers who advertised with FPC and suggests they use third-party experts, such as Click Defense which is a well-respected company in the field of Web analytics, to determine if they are victims of this latest scam. "We were very surprised when AIT contacted us and we met with their attorneys," said Laura Mussler, a local restaurant owner. Briggs indicates AIT has contacted several other FPC advertisers listed in the civil and criminal complaints to include a large lending institution who has requested additional information about the lawsuit. “They spend $2 million to $3 million a month on online ads”, Said Briggs. “And they were pretty upset when we showed them the lawsuit and criminal complaint.”
"We are going to put the complaints online since it is public domain information," said Briggs. “A reporter from Forbes has already contacted me and conducted two interviews about this. FPC has now threatened us in an attempt to squash the truth." AIT has worked with the FBI and Senate Judiciary Committee regarding Click Fraud ties to funding organized crime and terrorism, and started www.igeryon.org as a portal to address the issue – the complaints are located there. Briggs also says that he has reconnected with the head of the FBI Computer Crime team in D.C.
“The type of click fraud alleged in this lawsuit is new and very clever,” Boyenger said. “The traffic patterns and IP addresses blend with the ISP’s address space and make it appear like legitimate traffic. Boyenger says he contacted Charles Broadwell, the Publisher for FPC, who did not comment. According to the case filings, FPC co-located its servers in AIT’s Data Center for years and was being fed advertiser ads from search engines, syndicates, and other IAB members to its Web site. It alleges that a third-party “Bang Box” inside AIT’s Data did nothing but click on FPC advertiser ads making money for FPC without generating suspicious external traffic patterns.
Clarence Briggs, AIT said has a list of advertisers who advertised with FPC and suggests they use third-party experts, such as Click Defense which is a well-respected company in the field of Web analytics, to determine if they are victims of this latest scam. "We were very surprised when AIT contacted us and we met with their attorneys," said Laura Mussler, a local restaurant owner. Briggs indicates AIT has contacted several other FPC advertisers listed in the civil and criminal complaints to include a large lending institution who has requested additional information about the lawsuit. “They spend $2 million to $3 million a month on online ads”, Said Briggs. “And they were pretty upset when we showed them the lawsuit and criminal complaint.”
"We are going to put the complaints online since it is public domain information," said Briggs. “A reporter from Forbes has already contacted me and conducted two interviews about this. FPC has now threatened us in an attempt to squash the truth." AIT has worked with the FBI and Senate Judiciary Committee regarding Click Fraud ties to funding organized crime and terrorism, and started www.igeryon.org as a portal to address the issue – the complaints are located there. Briggs also says that he has reconnected with the head of the FBI Computer Crime team in D.C.
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