--00000000000072c42e0633768f1c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Joey, Thank you for bringing this to my attention. This type of spam was a major problem last year. The way we stopped it was to opt out of search partners on Google Ads. Now the problem has returned even though NONE of my campaigns opt into search partners, but it is exactly the same type of spam we had before. To the best of my knowledge, these are fraudsters that somehow hijack your google ads to show fake "employment opportunities" to unwitting people searching for jobs. Here is something I found on Chatgpt that might explain it better. *Bot Traffic Emulating GCLIDs* - *Some sophisticated bots scrape search ads, mimic real clicks, and generate fake GCLIDs =E2=80=94 making it appear like valid Google Search= traffic.* - *If they hit your site directly with a forged GCLID and gad_source, it can falsely count as real ad traffic.* And yes,unfortunately you are paying for these clicks. I will bring this up to Google immediately but just so you know last time they never admitted to any fraudulent activity despite the fact that Alexa and I tried for months to get them to refund us. I am supposed to have a meeting with Greg soon and will discuss this with him. Louise 613.228.2028 | 20eight.ca | Louise@20eight.ca On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 11:54=E2=80=AFAM Joey Taylor wrote: > Good Morning, > > For the past week or so, Montreal has been receiving some odd call rails > (about 10 of them). I believe they are all applicants as the phone number= s > are not local as well as most do not have messages about care. The thing = I > noticed about all of them is that the "how did you hear about" category i= s > always tagged to Facebook or Newspaper. They all also have the following > link in the "referrer domain" category: > https://syndicatedsearch.goog/ > > We are not entering these leads in SF as they are not valid leads. Can yo= u > please let me know: > 1. Where are these leads coming from and how can we block them? > 2. Is this eating into the marketing budget by having these caregivers > click on the links? > > Thank you, > > Joey Taylor > > *Directeur G=C3=A9n=C3=A9ral/**General Manager* > > 514-907-5065 > > TheKey.ca > > [image: TheKey] > --00000000000072c42e0633768f1c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Joey, Thank you for bringing this to = my attention. This type of spam was a major problem last year. The way we s= topped it was to opt out of search partners on Google Ads. Now the problem = has returned even though NONE of my campaigns opt into search partners, but= it is exactly the same type of spam we had before.=C2=A0 To the best of my knowledge, these=C2=A0are fraudsters that somehow= hijack your google ads to=C2=A0show fake=C2=A0 "employment opportunit= ies" to unwitting people searching for jobs.=C2=A0 Here is something I= found on Chatgpt that might explain it