sorry, but you got that fundamentally wrong.
i just searched for the e-mail title in google and found the mentioned inbox.
that guy is real. and he is pretty active on dating websites and receives message from there too.
i also used a temporary e-mail address for signup.
in fact i heave 3 e-mail addresses. one for very close friends and banking. one for online shopping. and the third one for everything else, such as newsletter signups.
e-mails in the temporary address get deleted after 30 days. but i log in every couple of days there. so i can receive ATS newsletters.
it would be very unfair to delete all signups from temporary addresses. because they belong to real people. it's not like they cheat the system, it's just they don't want their primary e-mail address flooded.
i mean, who in his right mind would enter his real personal e-mail address for a newsletter signup? ever heard of "spam"?
also peter, you should rethink your decision. otherwise you can eliminate probably 80% of your signups. although it's real people signing up.
i don't think that is the plan?
eliminate 80% of signups? Curious cause it seems only about 0.5% of registrations seem to come from temporary emails. Never figured 8 in 10 people use temporary emails. Probably because they DON'T? I personally never used one and I am yet to have a close one use one either.
If you are afraid of spam, you can always mark it as spam and you never get to see another email from that sender.
If you used a temporary email and are the only referral don't worry. But if I see you have a dozen referrals all using temp emails , I think it's safe to conclude what is going on with that usage.
PS: Why you use a temporary email for
banking? Isn't that
personal and important enough? Aren't you afraid this is a serious security risk? Not getting it.. not really buying it either.
It looks kinda stupid when you give a "
[email protected]" address to your bank or a office ;-) He said, he uses his real address for banking ;-)
Of course some companies sell your email address and you could be flooded with spam. Then, for god sake, get a trashmail address for singnups at xxx, casino, dating or whatever sites. Your brain is the best spamfilter.
But concerning the ICO bounty, i'd rather have a collateral damage in the false refs then kicking out even one _real_ ref. When my company did such things like a ref campaign or e-mail signup campaign for a client I learned that you have to live with 5% cheaters. It is much more expansive (manpower) to filter them compared to just live with them.
You have me already as an author i guess, will you publish user manuals? lol 