I wasn’t detailed enough. What I was actually curious about is whether it mattered that bots were used.

d.1) convince humans and they use their main account

d.2) convince humans and they use and alt account

I think the resolution to my question is: it’s still fraud if humans do it, like you said. And it makes me wonder if more things should be considered fraud like paying people with free products for Amazon reviews or purchasing GH stars.