Since the beginning of 2023, 10 active fraud affiliate programs have been identified in the network to coordinate owners and distributors of links to fraud and phishing sites aimed at users in Russia. On average, such a program brings participants 4.3 million rubles. monthly. socialbites.ca learned about this from a study conducted by the FAC.CT company, a copy of which is in the possession of the publication.
Affiliate programs allow scammers to grow their illegal business, attract more victims, and increase profits by splitting the tasks of directing traffic, creating phishing pages, and sending emails and messages. Fraudsters buy ready-made phishing resources on specialized resources, as well as page templates, blocks and payment forms, and traffic for a portion of the money stolen from victims.
FACCT experts have studied the infrastructure of various affiliate programs in detail. As of this summer, an average of 156 active offers were running on the affiliate program platform. The maximum number of partners in a bid is 746.
For a month, participants in affiliate programs stole more than 17,400,000 rubles from victims in 23,500 payments. “Average check” 740 rubles. In one of the affiliate programs launched in the second quarter of 2023, profits tripled in three summer months: from 908,000 rubles in June to 3,118,000 rubles in August.
Basically, fake pages are dedicated to lotteries with a box option with prizes, investments in cryptocurrencies, especially “profitable” promotions from marketplaces.
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