AE-Martyn
Affiliate Program Representative
- Joined
- Jan 21, 2009
- Messages
- 348
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Hi all, as you know, the security of your affiliate account is paramount as it contains information such as your contact information and details about your earnings, both current and historic.
This month, one of our affiliates had his account accessed without permission. No passwords were reset and the fraudster simply used the affiliates username and login information. This also happened with the same affiliate at two other affiliate groups. The fraudster changed the payment method to Skrill, gave the correct affiliates name and provided a different email address for payments. The payment was sent but recalled swiftly.
I just wanted to raise this and let you know about the security options that we have in place on AffiliateEdge, which are designed to help prevent this kind of fraudulent action.
IP Restrictions
AffiliateEdge offers you the option to restrict access to your affiliate account by IP. This obviously requires a static IP and you can enter up to 4 different IP's.
All Detail Changes Require Approval
Until any changed detail is approved by us then no details can be overwritten. However, we have made this process even more in-depth now, following this account access. Should you change your contact or payment information, you will be contacted by myself or Stephen to confirm if you did in fact make the changes. It would also be ideal if you can let us know that you did just make the changes.
Passwords
Update your password regularly, use a combination of upper case and lower case letters and numbers to help secure your account. Never use the same password at more than one affiliate program.
Let's not help these fraudsters take your hard earned commissions, help combat them by taking a few extra security steps to keep them out.
Should you have any questions on implementing any of the added security to your account, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
This month, one of our affiliates had his account accessed without permission. No passwords were reset and the fraudster simply used the affiliates username and login information. This also happened with the same affiliate at two other affiliate groups. The fraudster changed the payment method to Skrill, gave the correct affiliates name and provided a different email address for payments. The payment was sent but recalled swiftly.
I just wanted to raise this and let you know about the security options that we have in place on AffiliateEdge, which are designed to help prevent this kind of fraudulent action.
IP Restrictions
AffiliateEdge offers you the option to restrict access to your affiliate account by IP. This obviously requires a static IP and you can enter up to 4 different IP's.
All Detail Changes Require Approval
Until any changed detail is approved by us then no details can be overwritten. However, we have made this process even more in-depth now, following this account access. Should you change your contact or payment information, you will be contacted by myself or Stephen to confirm if you did in fact make the changes. It would also be ideal if you can let us know that you did just make the changes.
Passwords
Update your password regularly, use a combination of upper case and lower case letters and numbers to help secure your account. Never use the same password at more than one affiliate program.
Let's not help these fraudsters take your hard earned commissions, help combat them by taking a few extra security steps to keep them out.
Should you have any questions on implementing any of the added security to your account, please do not hesitate to get in touch.