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M Bacon
08-20-2009, 09:22 PM
I need some idea on where to go with Maxmind and Maxmind's Phone Verification. The company suggested that I use 4 and 7 for the phone verification. WHMCS said that I should use 2.5

I am baffled on what I should do.

My issue:
Somebody had two ips. xx.xxx.x.x xx.xxx.x.x
MaxMind Configuration ErrorIP_NOT_FOUND

PAH - Tim
08-20-2009, 10:19 PM
I need some idea on where to go with Maxmind and Maxmind's Phone Verification. The company suggested that I use 4 and 7 for the phone verification. WHMCS said that I should use 2.5

I am baffled on what I should do.

Well considering that a free email address automatically gives a fraud risk score of 2.5, I don't think it would be practical to set it to 2.5. I think 3 - 4 would be appropriate in most cases.


My issue:
Somebody had two ips. xx.xxx.x.x xx.xxx.x.x
MaxMind Configuration ErrorIP_NOT_FOUND

I don't exactly understand what the problem is here......

M Bacon
08-21-2009, 11:53 AM
Why detect two ips? Does everyone have one ip address or two ip addresses?

thenewguy
08-26-2009, 04:18 PM
Why detect two ips? Does everyone have one ip address or two ip addresses?

My assumption is that they signed up through a proxy if they have two IPs. Try giving the client a call to verify their information.

PogiWeb
08-26-2009, 05:09 PM
I was using a fraud detection score of 2.5 before v4.0 and have sense changed it to a higher number. The orders on v4.0 were for some reason getting blocked for no reason.

M Bacon
08-27-2009, 03:05 AM
I have switched to client exec. You do not even have to put a score in client exec. It just works. ;)

CI-Andrew
08-27-2009, 04:46 AM
I'm always very careful about watching for fraud on new orders. Even though the system will detect what it thinks is fraud it's still a good idea to check for things it won't catch.

M Bacon
09-07-2009, 02:25 AM
I have switched to whmcs again. I removed the fraud scores and it works fine now.

ThinkSupportAdmin
09-08-2009, 09:26 AM
I have switched to whmcs again. I removed the fraud scores and it works fine now.

Nice to see how fast you switch between billing systems ;) kidding

Good to know all sorted for you.