F011

Affiliate payout

Technique in the Financial Gain (F000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle

Version 0.3 · ID stable since March 5, 2026 · Data snapshot: March 8, 2026

Description

A payout earned from an affiliate or referral program by driving victim traffic or conversions.

Subtechniques

F011.001Sign-up lead payoutA payout for converting a user who completes a free registration or installs an app.
F011.002Paid conversion payoutA higher payout when the recruited user makes a purchase or submits credit card details.

Tags

revenue affiliate

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How to cite

Plain text:

Narang, S. S. (2026). Affiliate payout (F011), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/F011/

BibTeX:

@misc{scms03_f011,
  author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
  title = {{F011 Affiliate payout}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3},
  url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/F011/},
  note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}