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Post by Lauren11 May 18th 2011, 12:02 am

I have a feeling a few people are joining my forum with fake email addresses just to lurk or copy stuff! Is there a away where i can check if an email address is legit or not?
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Post by Guest May 18th 2011, 12:07 am

ummm yah i made a video over this too.

if there are funny characteristics in the email or the email looks kinda weird then its a fake email and also if on a gmail email account if it has any sign such has !@#$%^&*() then it means its a fake account because gmail doesnt recognize !@#$%^&*() these icons
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Post by Lauren11 May 18th 2011, 12:47 am

well there is one that joined and there email is nant1@live.cp.uk
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Post by Guest May 18th 2011, 12:54 am

if they login everyday then click the ip and that email can EXIST
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Post by Guest May 18th 2011, 6:50 am

yah but it could also happen that the spammer makes their own spam email accounts and uses them to register
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Post by Guest May 18th 2011, 10:23 pm

Rideem3 wrote:True, but he was asking how to make sure the email is not fake, and that is one way.
true and my suggestion is another way too Very Happy in both ways we both are right
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Post by kirk May 19th 2011, 10:06 am

Rideem3 wrote:Just make account activation via e-mail. Then they would need a real e-mail. Wink

My thoughts exactly Smile

or send them a email and see if it goes through? if it dont go through then it's not a real email,
But even if it is a real email dont mean it's necessarily theirs either...lol
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Post by Shadow May 19th 2011, 11:22 am

Yes watch out while sending a test email to a suspicious member that you're not sending an unsolicited email to a person he just took the email address from. Wink
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