I don't think all that happened attentionally. It was just a stupid idea to filter the accounts by IP addresses. That was 1990' stuff.
Depending on region and internet connect it's very possible to have so many identical IP's. VPN and Thor not to mention, those IP range is even more limited.
So what else did they do? As i read they checked if IP from registration and confirmation is same/different. Stupid! My email comes very delayed due to massive
Spam/virus checks on the mailserver. I register with one IP, the time i confirm i have another IP already. Why?
-Mobile connection, you change location, you get a new IP.
-Provider reconnects and gives new IP every 24hrs (very common)
-Registering from PC (DSL) and then confirmation on mobile. Different IP.
-Use of VPN/Thor

on the other way around they FORBID to many accounts from the SAME IP.
So you have this and that and whush, 50% are declared scammer. Bullshit.
That's what their first mail said, 650.000 tokens left AFTER distribution! Means: 65% fake accounts. C'mon, never ever.


what is, in my opinion, legit to look for and filter:
email addresses like john001@, john002@, john003@
many accounts with same wallet address.

Anything else is pure Lottery. Cookies.. can be deleted in between. One could even use a VM to reset the whole machine after registering so there is nothing
left on the "PC" to identify you.  

This is just like very beginners stuff they did. And ended in a very professional disaster. In my opinion, the ONLY way to get out of this is to just
forget any "filtering" and pay out even the fakers. Otherwise I see even more trouble coming up. And remember, they would have given the 1 mio ATS ANYWAY! So what..
They got their publicity now. hmmm.... somehow.. ;-)