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Black Potato

If you were told to click — get paid — and stay quiet, this matters.

If you lost money and don't know why, this explains it.

Request Digital Integrity Review Get Paid to Report Ad Interference

Compensation, if any, is determined through insurance recoveries, settlements, or legal processes.
Loma Cotta does not directly pay for reports or testimony.

Were You Paid to Click Ads or Test Search Results?

Your cooperation can help document verified losses and may qualify you for $10,000–$100,000 in compensation as a cooperating witness.

You are not admitting wrongdoing. You are providing evidence that helps businesses recover losses and hold bad actors accountable.

Confidential submission process
Potential compensation for verified evidence
Help protect businesses from fraud
Submit Your Experience Confidentially

What Is Black Potato?

Black Potato is a measurable pattern of unusual digital behavior affecting advertising performance: unnecessary clicks, suspicious form submissions, budget depletion during narrow windows, and irregular traffic vs. competitor stability.

It looks like "normal fluctuation" and rarely triggers platform alerts, but brands feel the impact every day.

Why This Matters Now

This isn't just ad fraud. It's economic warfare.

Offshore groups coordinate attacks on U.S. businesses through systematic ad manipulation—destabilizing American commerce, distorting market signals, and creating national security vulnerabilities.

$80B–$120B
Annual U.S. digital ad waste
77%
U.S. SMBs vulnerable to foreign interference
40%+
Traffic manipulation in targeted campaigns

Targeted businesses lose $50K–$250K per incident. Competitors unaffected. Intentional, coordinated, designed to look normal.

Brands deserve clarity

Loma Cotta Digital Integrity Services

We don't guess. We investigate signals.

1

Pattern Detection & Signal Analysis

Examine traffic for irregular behavior platforms don't explain.

2

Risk Mitigation Strategy

Strengthen systems to reduce future exposure.

3

Documentation & Legal Counsel Connection

Structured reporting for legal advisors and insurance reviews. We connect you with legal counsel or solutions as needed. We provide evidence and clarity—not legal claims.

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Key Insights From Our Research

  • PPC manipulation can occur through offshore labor, automated tools, or coordinated low-intent actions.
  • Some businesses experience targeted interference while competitors remain unaffected.
  • Traditional ad dashboards cannot distinguish intent-driven vs. harmful behavior.
  • Platforms profit from volume; advertisers only profit from clarity.
  • Most brands notice something is wrong long before they understand why.

Black Potato gives names and structure to a problem many businesses feel but cannot diagnose.

Think Your Metrics Don't Add Up?

You're not alone.
Let's find out what's really happening behind your numbers.

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Did You Ever Get Paid to Click Ads or Test Search Results?

Your experience helps document irregular activity in advertising data. Workers—mystery shoppers, contractors, gig workers, agency assistants—report being instructed to:

  • click specific ads repeatedly
  • avoid competitor ads
  • fill out forms without intent
  • use VPN or private browsing
  • "test" keywords or reload searches
  • generate activity without buying anything

These experiences matter. You are not admitting wrongdoing—you are providing evidence.

Submit confidentially below. If businesses pursue claims through insurance or legal channels, your documentation may qualify for compensation.