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Originally Posted by TROLLENSTEIN
True, an IP alone doesn't really prove anything and doesn't mean it is a 100% fraudulent join. However, that particular IP is flagged as Corporate (Company, Fixed location, Static, Not Shared) and acting as an open proxy that can be logged into from anywhere on the planet. Not many sensible businesses run open proxies with worldwide access and appear on CBL. I would certainly keep an eye on that join/customer if it was my site.  |
It's not an open proxy, I am thinking maybe a cel phone tower or similar service. I am seeing these more and more in the US but most identify as belonging to AT&T, Cingular, recognizable companies like that.
I am analyzing the customer behavior onsite as I think that will tell the tale as to whether I am better off without this IP range or not. One curious thing is that around the middle of the month I blocked a number of popular prepaid gift cards that were being abused on my PPS Programs, and about that time joins from this range almost completely stopped. But that could still be a coincidence. A cel phone provider could have changed the way they handled mobile internet traffic for example.