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First, about this "IP fraud score," is it even a real thing? Honestly, it sounds intimidating, but if you Google "IP fraud," you won't find any authoritative explanations, and it's not even mentioned in encyclopedias. These testing websites don't even explain how they calculate the score, it feels like a gimmick they created themselves. Especially when some customers use these results to claim there's an issue with the IP, but they haven't actually tested it with platforms like TikTok or Facebook, and they demand a refund. It's like "looking at the parameters instead of the actual results." Frankly, large platforms like TikTok wouldn't use a score from a website like scamalytics to determine the quality of an IP, would they? They definitely have their own IP databases and detection mechanisms. If an IP or IP range violates their rules, such as generating fake traffic or engaging in other rule violations, it will likely be added to their own blacklist.
Next, about the "IP purity" or "new/old IP" concept. Actually, IP addresses don't really have purity or newness. Why? Because IPv4 addresses were exhausted back in 2012, there are only so many IPs in the world, and they are now recycled. The IP you get now might have been used by someone else before, and who knows what they did with it. If you're unlucky and get an IP that was previously used by a "bad actor," such as one blacklisted by TikTok, it could affect your business. What can you do about this? It's not completely avoidable, but you can try choosing less popular cloud server providers, or buying more expensive servers might be better.
How do you determine if an IP has been blacklisted? Generally, IP blacklists mainly refer to international organizations that specialize in dealing with spam emails, recording IPs that send spam or engage in other messy behaviors, and building a blacklist database. Here are some recommended websites, or search for keywords like "blacklist IP" in search engines, but don't just trust unknown small websites.