Scams
I just wanted to get a discussion going on how many people see Nigerian, and Indonesian, Foreign, Scams, Credit Card, Email, etc. I hate to see so many from these countries. It is really a terrible situaltion for these countries. Because of a few people, these countries and IP's have been labeled, by almost everyone including myself, as un-trustable locations for any sort of transaction or traffic. On some of my sites, it has gotten so bad, that we have had to completely block all of APNIC and the RIPE network blocks. RIPE contains most of Europe, including England, France, Germany, Spain, etc. This is millions of potential customers and IP addresses, but the cost of fraud outweighs the value of the transactions from thse locations. I wanted to get other people's input on their experiences with these scams and fraudulent situations, and what they have done to try to stop them. I apologize in advance if I have offended anyone in any way by this posting, as it is absolutely not my intention to do so.
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