Folex: An analysis of an herbal and counterfeit luxury goods affiliate program

eCrime Researchers Summit, eCrime

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Karami, Mohammad ^a   Ghaemi, Shiva ^a   McCoy, Damon ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; MEDICINE; PROFITABILITY;

BUSINESS OPERATION; CONVERSION RATES; CRIMINAL BUSINESS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUNDING SOURCES; GROUND TRUTH DATA; ONLINE ADVERTISEMENTS; REVENUE-SHARING;

CRIME;

EID: 84900834298     PISSN: 21591237     EISSN: 21591245     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/eCRS.2013.6805782     Document Type: Conference Paper

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