Why I am getting Google ads fake leads?
- Thread starter GruAlek
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Rippin79839
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- Sep 17, 2025
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Second, many users from other countries use VPNs to appear as if they are browsing from the USA. There isn't a direct fix for this within Google Ads, but you can try to qualify leads better on your landing page or form by asking for a US-specific detail like a zip code or state.
GruAlek
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- Apr 19, 2018
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Theese users use my Google form submission. That's how they are causing me money. I don't know how to prevent this to not waste money on irrelevant leads.
GruAlek
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- Apr 19, 2018
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Where can I find that?
GruAlek
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- Apr 19, 2018
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I have excluded India from my campaign. I didn't implemented IP geolocation check but I will try it. Can you tell me more about blocking submissions from non-US IP addresses?
- Jan 21, 2016
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It usually means google is counting people who searched from outside the usa but showed interest in us content so turn off presence or interest targeting and use presence only to fix it
- Aug 2, 2020
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or you are targeted by click farm from competition and you should protect your self narrowing your campaign on more strict rules or google anymore i know the fact is not what was before
GruAlek
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- Apr 19, 2018
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How to protect my ads from this?