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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/22/06 13:14
Bob Bedford wrote:
>>In addition to the unreliability, it's too easy to get by. Scammers can
>>just go through one of the many public proxies in another country and you
>>would have no idea where they came from (if the proxy is anonymous).
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> Thanks all for your reply.
>
> My actual problem is people sending emails and creating classified ads
> asking to pay for articles the client will never seen. Since they are mainly
> in Africa (as my site is in French, many are from french speaking countries
> in Africa), I tough it would be a solution.
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> Bob
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Nope, unfortunately it just doesn't work very well. About all you can
do is require email a valid email address for registration and blacklist
known bad email addresses.
But with the free email accounts around nowadays, even that would be
quite difficult. You'd have to also block all gmail, hotmail, etc.
accounts. And even that wouldn't help a lot.
Probably your best is to put a warning on the page for your clients that
this is happening and, while you're doing your best to limit it, they
need to be careful. And have a link they can send you an email if they
see a suspicious ad.
Not the best solution, I readily admit. But it's better than becoming
known as a scammer site - which I know you don't want.
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