Someone keeps using my email to create new accounts

[dufus]

Yer i have a dynamic IP, there goes that idea. Thanks for trying tho:thumbsup:

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Mine goes through a router so it is static. Well the IP that the net sees anyway.

 

[shaggerz]

I remember Darren mentioning that he did not want email verification enabled because it made it too much of a pain for new members, but this potential problem might require consideration.

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Maybe just put in a script that reads the email address of a new member and prohibits it's use if it already exists on the site.

 

[dufus]

Maybe just put in a script that reads the email address of a new member and prohibits it's use if it already exists on the site.

That would work, but what is stopping someone from making another hotmail, yahoo account. My biggest problem with what happened to me was that the mods might of thought that it was me causing the trouble, or see that my email was used multiple times, therefore coming to the conclusion that I had multiple accounts. No matter what is done there will always be trouble makers and there will always be a way for them to get through. Thanks for the help everyone :thumbsup:

 

[vlv8vic]

That would work, but what is stopping someone from making another hotmail, yahoo account. My biggest problem with what happened to me was that the mods might of thought that it was me causing the trouble, or see that my email was used multiple times, therefore coming to the conclusion that I had multiple accounts. No matter what is done there will always be trouble makers and there will always be a way for them to get through. Thanks for the help everyone :thumbsup:

we will be watching you like a hawk :whistling

nah really all we can do is hit them up as soon as we know about it. youll be right, youve mentioned it so its pretty clear you're legit!

 

[Darren]

Email validation is a possibility but unfortunately thanks to spammers and spam software running on mail servers not everyone gets them hence why I dropped it a very long time ago.

Should this type of thing happen again just drop a PM to a mod / admin and we'll fix it up.

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

That would work, but what is stopping someone from making another hotmail, yahoo account. My biggest problem with what happened to me was that the mods might of thought that it was me causing the trouble, or see that my email was used multiple times, therefore coming to the conclusion that I had multiple accounts. No matter what is done there will always be trouble makers and there will always be a way for them to get through. Thanks for the help everyone :thumbsup:

But wouldn't that solve your problem? If another email address is used, the mods know it isn't you.

I meant verifying a new email address for the new member. Not sending an email validation request. If you could check that each member has a unique email address and knock back new applications with an address that already exists on the forum.

 

[albert5268]

But wouldn't that solve your problem? If another email address is used, the mods know it isn't you.

I meant verifying a new email address for the new member. Not sending an email validation request. If you could check that each member has a unique email address and knock back new applications with an address that already exists on the forum.

Yeah a simple rule like one account per email address

 

[dufus]

But wouldn't that solve your problem? If another email address is used, the mods know it isn't you.

That was just a general statement about these troublemakers, making many different accounts to cause trouble. Yes it would solve my problem. Thanks for all your help