Quote from: dhenson on June 14, 2013, 05:57:37 AM

Quote from: Kruniac on June 14, 2013, 05:21:50 AM

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To the shitcan with your trust

I've already done business on my other username. Went smooth. No problems. This name is forever associated with distrust and insane accusations. That's fine.

Kruniac is apparently already setup with a 2nd account and making trades. Are there any protections in place to identify secondary accounts of scammers by those with access to IP address history?

This user has defrauded over 50BTC from forum members over the past week.

Scurrilous statements won't change the fact that you can't do anything about anything.

Furthermore, lower that number (even though I haven't defrauded anyone for anything).

Lastly, the only "protection" to prevent that type of behavior would be a forum ban (an IP ban), which would force a user to use Tor or some kind of web proxy to log into the forums and post. Any forum administrator can view the IP information of newly registered accounts, and I'm pretty sure (Over on my forums you can) they can view the IP source of forum posts.

I'm guessing (and just guessing) that if a new user were reported to the administrator for attempting to scam someone, then an IP match would be appropriate to say "Hey yeah. This is a scammer trying his old tricks." However, once you begin polling the IP address of legitimate users in witch hunts, you go down a slippery slope. Just a warning.

I'd imagine the best "protection" in place would be awareness. Don't accept bank transfers from soandso, etc. Of course, that doesn't stop a person from using PayPal. Or BTC. Golly. I guess there's nothing you can do, is there? XD

Also - keep in mind that if you're talking about me specifically, and not forum security in general, I'm about to get another IP address.