178.79.148.28 Fraud Risk

We consider web traffic from IP address 178.79.148.28 to present a potentially high fraud risk. This IP address is operated by Linode, LLC whose web traffic we consider to present a potentially medium fraud risk, and is owned by Linode whose web traffic we also consider to present a potentially medium fraud risk. In each of these cases, non-web traffic may present a different risk or no risk at all. Scamalytics see medium levels of web traffic from this IP address across our global network, some of which we suspect to be potentially fraudulent. Considering only the web traffic where we have visibility, we apply a risk score of 63/100 to 178.79.148.28, which reflects the proportion of this traffic which we suspect to be potentially fraudulent. If you see web traffic from this IP address there is potentially a high risk that it is criminals engaged in fraudulent activity. Other types of traffic may present a different risk or no risk. The device on 178.79.148.28 is operating an anonymising VPN, which could be proxying traffic from another geographical location. The geographical location of 178.79.148.28 is in the United Kingdom, however the geographical location of the user could be anywhere in the world.

    {
      "ip":"178.79.148.28",
      "score":"63",
      "risk":"high"
    }