p2pmark
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Post by p2pmark on May 19, 2018 9:00:53 GMT
a***3, on the other hand, is very likely a bot with respect to MTAQ634N: i***1 £14.00 19/05/2018 09:55:05 a***3 £20.00 19/05/2018 09:55:04 i***1 £45.00 19/05/2018 09:53:04 i***1 £80.00 18/05/2018 23:38:33 a***3 £1,520.00 18/05/2018 23:38:29 i***1 £40.00 18/05/2018 13:46:58 a***3 £160.00 18/05/2018 13:46:57 i***1 £20.00 18/05/2018 13:46:22 a***3 £180.00 18/05/2018 13:46:20 i***1 £100.00 13/05/2018 01:35:26 You can see them keep getting in a second or two before somebody is trying to switch from their non-isa account to their isa account. What's odd is that they always leave a bit for the ISA account holder to get. MoneyThing , could you investigate please?
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Post by marka on May 19, 2018 14:22:49 GMT
a***3, on the other hand, is very likely a bot with respect to MTAQ634N: i***1 £14.00 19/05/2018 09:55:05 a***3 £20.00 19/05/2018 09:55:04 i***1 £45.00 19/05/2018 09:53:04 i***1 £80.00 18/05/2018 23:38:33 a***3 £1,520.00 18/05/2018 23:38:29 i***1 £40.00 18/05/2018 13:46:58 a***3 £160.00 18/05/2018 13:46:57 i***1 £20.00 18/05/2018 13:46:22 a***3 £180.00 18/05/2018 13:46:20 i***1 £100.00 13/05/2018 01:35:26 You can see them keep getting in a second or two before somebody is trying to switch from their non-isa account to their isa account. What's odd is that they always leave a bit for the ISA account holder to get. MoneyThing , could you investigate please? This user has been doing this on this particular loan for some time - see my post about 4 weeks ago. Come on MoneyThing / SophieThing, get it sorted.
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Post by toast on May 19, 2018 16:09:45 GMT
Yep, and another case on MTAQ634N since then too: i***1 £30.00 19/05/2018 11:06:51 a***3 £150.00 19/05/2018 11:06:50I note MoneyThing has liked the post from p2pmark and so is definitely aware of these cases. I've no idea if it's the same a***3 but they might have been at it for years. It may be the case that a***3 was given a warning at that time and warrants stronger action today.
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Post by MoneyThing on May 19, 2018 16:34:19 GMT
Afternoon. We have just restricted the user's account. Regards, Ed.
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Post by toast on May 19, 2018 21:56:40 GMT
Afternoon. We have just restricted the user's account. Regards, Ed. Is this a different a***3 in action on same loan? a***3 £800.00 19/05/2018 22:50:14 a***3 £80.00 19/05/2018 19:28:47
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Post by liso on May 19, 2018 22:48:59 GMT
Afternoon. We have just restricted the user's account. Regards, Ed. Is this a different a***3 in action on same loan? a***3 £800.00 19/05/2018 22:50:14 a***3 £80.00 19/05/2018 19:28:47Restricting an account does not necessarily mean the lender cannot continue to buy and sell loans. It depends on the limits that MT have set. This is not the first time this particular irregularity has been raised with MT, and I cannot help wondering why a***3 has not had their account frozen, pending further investigation.
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Post by toast on May 20, 2018 5:25:37 GMT
When it was explained that all IFISA purchases would be reported as i***1, I thought "odd, but ok." It now strikes me that we could never spot "suspicious activity" by any bot-weilding IFISA account, nor any regular account with a name of the format i***1. MoneyThing do you think it worthwhile to change the display name for IFISA purchases to match that of regular accounts? You could keep the same i***1 ID internally if you need it for tracking purposes and just change what appears in the UI perhaps? Or maybe each user could have a new, unique "purchaser ID" that could be displayed on all their purchases so we'd have a unique but really anonymous way to spot strange patterns. I guess an alternative would be for the MT system to spot patterns like userX loading certain pages really frequently over extended periods, but a hide-and-seek arms-race with bot authors isn't much fun. Just thinking out loud...
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Post by GSV3MIaC on May 20, 2018 20:54:03 GMT
Or just go for a bid/queue system like AC, or variable pricing like ABL. I'm no fan of having to log in and hit F5 all the time in order to capture a very small piece of a rarely offered loan,
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Post by p2pmark on May 23, 2018 18:08:10 GMT
MoneyThing, it would be helpful to have the option to log in straight to my IFISA account please? Also, when I do log in, could it please go to the loans page? Thanks
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Post by johni on May 24, 2018 11:22:42 GMT
MoneyThing , it would be helpful to have the option to log in straight to my IFISA account please? Also, when I do log in, could it please go to the loans page? Thanks Hi MoneyThing this is something I would prefer also. Thanks
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Post by johni on May 24, 2018 11:24:28 GMT
MoneyThing , it would be helpful to have the option to log in straight to my IFISA account please? Also, when I do log in, could it please go to the loans page? Thanks Hi MoneyThing this is something I would prefer also. Thanks
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Post by MoneyThing on May 24, 2018 14:52:21 GMT
Afternoon. I'm afraid that you cannot login to the ISA account directly, however we have just updated the platform so that it does navigate directly to the loans page. Regards, Ed.
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Post by GSV3MIaC on May 24, 2018 15:13:46 GMT
How about it logs you in to the account you were in when you last logged out .. or don't you have any place to store persistent data for the user? ABL get around it by having a different email address for each account, but I like the MT system better, iffin only I could log in without having to go through two steps.
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Post by MoneyThing on May 24, 2018 18:03:29 GMT
How about it logs you in to the account you were in when you last logged out .. or don't you have any place to store persistent data for the user? ABL get around it by having a different email address for each account, but I like the MT system better, iffin only I could log in without having to go through two steps. Ok...I think we have figured something out on this front. Will make a release tomorrow. Regards, Ed.
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p2pmark
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Post by p2pmark on May 24, 2018 21:24:29 GMT
How about it logs you in to the account you were in when you last logged out .. or don't you have any place to store persistent data for the user? ABL get around it by having a different email address for each account, but I like the MT system better, iffin only I could log in without having to go through two steps. Ok...I think we have figured something out on this front. Will make a release tomorrow. Regards, Ed. You've delivered this a day early. Thank you very much....
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