Running a competition, possible fraud?

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by Agent_Smith, Apr 8, 2007.

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    Hello,

    Im currently running a competition on referring friends to my site.

    One person claims they have 7 but the IP's look a bit, well alot IFFY.

    They are:

    (172.200.16.6) (172.142.47.142) (172.203.149.94) (172.200.16.6) (172.200.181.9) (172.189.69.77) (172.141.42.226)

    Now do they look to similar to be the same person?

    For me thats 95% the same person. Would like a second opinion.

    Thanks.
     
    Agent_Smith, Apr 8, 2007 IP
  2. agnivo007

    agnivo007 Peon

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    Ha ha ha...just as I had expected! All those IPs belong to AmericaOnline (AOL).
    They change the IP address dynamically while a user is surfing the net...so one may have 100 IPs in just 30 minutes...so, yes there's a huge chance of fraud here.
     
    agnivo007, Apr 9, 2007 IP
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    Agent_Smith Well-Known Member

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    Thank you, time to ban a 3rd person today ey?
     
    Agent_Smith, Apr 9, 2007 IP
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    It's your choice...not my area of recommendation...decide accordingly.
     
    agnivo007, Apr 9, 2007 IP