how do they keep track of you

rg2005 · Non-Trader Joined: 21 Jun 2008 Posts: 1 Feedback Score: 0

just wondering how these sites keep track of you so you dont do multiple referrals on the same pc, it cant be just the ip address as thats not reliable enough

bigmedsi · Regular Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 64 Feedback Score: 1

It mainly is jsut the IP address mate and cookies I think?

RyanIsle · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject:

Really it's just similarities they look for (as well as ip).

So just say somebody called Joan Smith signs up, and seconds later Joanne Smith gets referred by Joan, then they're probably going to think something dodgy is going on and take a closer look. (Bit of a crap example as I'm sure nobody is stupid enough to do this, but it applies to addresses, post codes, e-mail addresses etc, as well).

You'd be surprised at how simple the measures they take are.

In my early freebie days, I had once signed up to Freepay, then a few days later used next door's wireless connection (from the same laptop) and signed up using a fake address.

The second address I signed up on was put on hold because some of the details were probably wrong (or they had already signed up, which would be quite unlucky for them Confused

), but it didn't affect my real account apart from the loss of a green.

I seriously would recommend against this of course, as 9/10 times they will find out and put you on hold, as well as the fact that connecting to another person's internet without permission is illegal. (Yes it is very hypocritical of me to say this, but as I mentioned this was when I first started out and I haven't done it since...)

p.s. I'm happy to confess this now because I've already got my gift from them, and I'm not actually looking for anything at the moment which means it won't affect me. If anybody does decide to experiment on this sort of thing (maybe on a site they don't really care about) although you shouldn't anyway - just don't tell people about it, especially on a forum such as this Wink

davejuk · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject:

The amount of effort and risk involved in trying to beat the system far outweighs the effort needed to play the game and win legitimately.

If you do want to cheat, make sure you know the rules of the game first! If you had to ask this question then the chance are you don't.

MMac · Newbie Joined: 08 Jul 2008 Posts: 7 Feedback Score: 1

davejuk · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:16 am Post subject:

hippyharry · Newbie Joined: 19 Jul 2008 Posts: 7 Feedback Score: 0

What about if its someone at work who has signed up?

I signed up at work, and then got my work colleague to also sign up. We both have the same IP address. How would that affect it?

davejuk · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:08 am Post subject:

Bones · Regular Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 73 Feedback Score: 2

But if it was the Giveaway network then you can probably forget about that account, they are pretty strict with their rules.
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