how do the sites keep you from creating fake referrals?

do they recognize your ip, credit card or email address?

just wondering how these getafree" ".comurl==http://=http:///url sites keep people from referring themselves and simply creating differnt accounts?

all what u said + more.

Sounds like you're looking to know for all the wrong reasons...

IP address is useless if you have DHCP.
They aren't allowed to get your name/address from your CC# because of privacy laws (though it can be verified)
You can create as many hotmail accounts as you like.

So, I would guess, they can't through these 3. But, I'm sure they have people looking at it to spot obvious patterns of fraud when approving.

[quoteedc278fa55="mr0x"]IP address is useless if you have DHCP.
They aren't allowed to get your name/address from your CC# because of privacy laws (though it can be verified)
You can create as many hotmail accounts as you like.

So, I would guess, they can't through these 3. But, I'm sure they have people looking at it to spot obvious patterns of fraud when approving.[/quoteedc278fa55]

DHCP is what assigns things on your side of the network your internal IP number. It has nothing to do with the IP number they see.

[quoted33fa08160="Kard63"][quoted33fa08160="mr0x"]IP address is useless if you have DHCP.
They aren't allowed to get your name/address from your CC# because of privacy laws (though it can be verified)
You can create as many hotmail accounts as you like.

So, I would guess, they can't through these 3. But, I'm sure they have people looking at it to spot obvious patterns of fraud when approving.[/quoted33fa08160]

DHCP is what assigns things on your side of the network your internal IP number. It has nothing to do with the IP number they see.[/quoted33fa08160]

that is true. what he probably meant was a dynamic IP for most DSL/Cable connections and for sure Dialup.

i think it's Cookies in ur computer u know how u click Log me in Automatic every time. it's Read From Cookies so I Think Thats The Only

There are countless ways to detect fraudulent referrals. I don't feel it necessary to dicuss these, as the more people know, the more likely they will be to attempt to cheat. I'm going to requeset this topic be locked.