Deposit Fraud vs Bonus Fraud

Deposit fraud is the use of stolen payment methods, synthetic identities, or manipulated transactions to make deposits that trigger affiliate commissions or bonus payouts.

Bonus fraud is the deliberate exploitation of operator promotions through multi-accounting, identity manipulation, or systematic arbitrage to extract bonus value.

Bonus abuse is the practice of players systematically exploiting promotional offers -- such as welcome bonuses, free spins, or deposit matches -- to extract value with minimal risk or genuine play.

A chargeback is a forced transaction reversal initiated by a customer's bank or payment provider, which can claw back revenue and reverse affiliate commissions already paid.

The fraudulent practice of creating multiple customer accounts under different identities or proxies in order to abuse welcome bonuses, exploit affiliate CPA payouts, circumvent limits, or evade self-exclusion controls.

The systematic identification of suspicious activity in affiliate, IB, and partner programs across clicks, conversions, identity verification, and ongoing user behavior.

Duplicate account detection is the process of identifying when a single person creates multiple accounts to exploit affiliate program incentives such as signup bonuses or CPA offers.