decoy
/ˈdiːkɔɪ/ noun [C] MARKETINGDefinition
› a name that is placed on a company's mailing list (= list of names and addresses of people to whom advertising is sent) in order to check if the list is being used without the owner's permission
(Definition of decoy noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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