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Old 05-20-2004, 08:32 PM
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Default Re: Scams

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Originally Posted by jestep
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.
We in Europe also get huge amounts of spam and scam stuff that have IP addresses in the US. Do we block total IP's that reside in the US, no we do not. Why? Because spam and scam is a world wide problem, probably with the US as world leaders.

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Steve
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