Olin Lathrop wrote:
>> Well OK, how about just requiring that the package be shipped to a
>> school address and addressed to a Prof.?
>
> LOL.  We used to make up all kinds of fancy sounding names for dorm room
> addresses.

I cited our experience with fraudulent orders. The only sure way to prevent
them is to not ship any orders.

A better solution is to try to maximize the inconvenience to the scammers
while minimizing the impact on legitimate customers. It's not that hard, you
just follow the same basic techniques you use for designing a bandpass
filter to separate noise from useful signal.

We had only one fraudulent order go past the filters in the past 12 months.
When you compare this number to the number of legitimate sales, it's nothing
to get upset about.

Sure, people will find exploit the loopholes, but as long as the major holes
are plugged up you're OK.

Vitaliy

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