# Fake installs

Fabricated or manipulated app installation events used to obtain payments or attribution credit.

Fabricated or manipulated app installation events used to obtain payments or attribution credit.

## An example

A fraud operation generates installation signals without acquiring genuine users.

## Why it matters

Compare install reports with subsequent behavior and trusted platform signals.


## Related terms
- [Attribution](https://jolts.xyz/resources/glossary/attribution)
- [Click validation](https://jolts.xyz/resources/glossary/click-validation)
- [Impression](https://jolts.xyz/resources/glossary/impression)
- [Invalid traffic (IVT)](https://jolts.xyz/resources/glossary/invalid-traffic)

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