What if your android app programatically clicks admob ads?

Question

I am new to admob ads for android and I know that the way it works if that you get revenue for every click. But I want to know what happens if a developers adds code that auto clicks an ad once in a while, in a production app? Something like mAdView.performClick(). Is that allowed and what happens if you do it?

Thanks

Answer 1

It will violate the AdMob policy:"Publishers may not click their own ads or use any means to inflate impressions and/or clicks artificially, including manual methods. Testing your own ads by clicking on them is not allowed."

From this link: https://support.google.com/admob/answer/2753860?hl=en

You account may be banned forever if they detect you do so.