Originally Posted by NWB Guy

Hi folks,

I just want to run this method of fraud-prevention past you and get your feedback.

My main problem with fraud is with one guy, apparently in Brazil, who uses stolen credit cards to buy videos from my websites and then uploads them to the file lockers. Almost 100% of my piracy issues and about half of my fraud is generated by this one guy.

Here is what I would like my biller to do, in order to stop these transactions.

Change the code in the credit card approval step of the process include an IP address check, comparing the IP address of the town/city of the credit card owner/customer with the actual IP address of whoever is buying a video/members access.

If there is a difference of more than 200 or 300 miles, the credit card transaction would be declined.

I don't write computer code, but this does not seem to be impossible to me. Is this doable?

I ran this past CC Bill and was given the incredibly lame excuse that this would harm the customers who are traveling and want to make a purchase from their hotel room. I am not kidding, this was their response to my attempt to cut down on credit card fraud.

Are there any billers who do this, because if there are, I will seriously consider swapping over to them. There is no reason to live with stolen credit cards if I don't have to.

Thanks,

Jeff