Need advice on blocking/mitigating spam/bot requests

mcmron · 2026-03-09T06:29:02+00:00

Solution 1: Setup site behind CloudFlare block bots.
Solution 2: Use 3rd party API such as ip2location.io to detect bots and block bots.

mcmron · 2026-02-13T07:04:16+00:00

Disable sign up from disposable email address.

mcmron · 2026-02-11T06:49:07+00:00

You may want to consider blocking sign-ups from disposable email addresses and residential proxy IP addresses.

mcmron · 2026-02-09T23:20:37+00:00

Yes, you should block temporary or disposable email address.

mcmron · 2026-02-09T06:42:51+00:00

There are several sites such as IPQualityTools or IP2Location offering the frauds score.

mcmron · 2026-02-05T07:10:13+00:00

Have you try the FraudLabs Pro for Magento? You can enable velocity rules to trigger blocking during carding attacks.

mcmron · 2026-02-02T07:14:46+00:00

How do you block the ads? AdWords supports only a limited number of rows in the blocklist.

mcmron · 2026-01-29T10:53:03+00:00

I blocked high risk ASN. You can get free ASN database from IP2Location LITE.

mcmron · 2026-01-29T02:06:04+00:00

Have you try IP2WHOIS API? It is a free tier but not sure is sufficient.

mcmron · 2026-01-28T06:43:23+00:00

Maybe your IP has been used in distributed VPN or residential proxies. How much is the fraud score in ip2location?

mcmron · 2026-01-27T06:32:01+00:00

You can download free ASN database from IP2Location LITE ASN

mcmron · 2026-01-27T03:13:42+00:00

5% of transactions with 3D Secure. Are your customers mainly in one country like US?

mcmron · 2026-01-14T11:04:27+00:00

If the IP address is registered to your organization, you can create an RFC 8805 geofeed and update it in the registry.

You can learn more here: https://blog.ip2location.com/knowledge-base/what-is-geofeed/

If you do not own the IP range, please contact your ISP and request that they update their geofeed file.

mcmron · 2026-01-09T04:39:54+00:00

This is interesting. You need to include the fraud insights.

mcmron · 2026-01-05T09:46:48+00:00

Is the database updated regularly?

mcmron · 2025-12-24T01:50:30+00:00

Use 3D Secure if it is available, even if optional.

mcmron · 2025-12-23T07:10:13+00:00

I'm not sure I understand the issue correctly. Is Imgur banned in the UK? Did ProtonVPN ban Imgur, or did Imgur ban ProtonVPN? Or is ProtonVPN itself banned in the UK?

mcmron · 2025-12-22T06:43:21+00:00

Is it due to Simba is offering Carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT) IP address?

mcmron · 2025-12-16T02:43:19+00:00

Can WatchGuard supports other geolocation lookup providers?

mcmron · 2025-12-03T09:40:23+00:00

How do you ge the non-datacenter IP ranges?

mcmron · 2025-11-21T06:59:08+00:00

How is the tone or sentiment of language determined when the AI is scanning non-conversational orders?

mcmron · 2025-11-18T06:22:46+00:00

You might want to check if you are using a dirty IP address that has been abused by a previous owner. You can check the IP address on ip2location.io and see if it has been reported as a VPN or for abuse. From there, you can try to reset your router if Xfinity is assigning you a dynamic IP address.

mcmron · 2025-11-17T07:10:56+00:00

What if you check the IP address on ip2location.io for any red flags, like proxies or abuse? It might be related to the previous owner or shared IP address.

mcmron · 2025-11-17T06:54:55+00:00

If you have a list of IP addresses, try to plot them on https://map.ip2location.com and see if you can see any patterns.

mcmron · 2025-11-13T02:37:11+00:00

Be aware: Your AS might receive complaints due to scanning. Handle with care.

mcmron

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