Mobile phone/Landline confirmation number.

[ASAPgang]

Hi all,
My suggestion would be upon registration, one was to enter their mobile phone/landline phone number for confirmation and verification purposes. This will weed out a lot of potential scamming, considering one would have to have a new phone number or access to another phone number each time they wanted to create a new account.
It would also be a way for recovering accounts, old members who become inactive and get hacked with a different IP address to which they signed up with, should get a confirmation txt/call.
Maybe we could implement this in a different way?
This is merely a suggestion, any feedback would be great..

 

[tsh]

Hi all,
My suggestion would be upon registration, one was to enter their mobile phone/landline phone number for confirmation and verification purposes. This will weed out a lot of potential scamming, considering one would have to have a new phone number or access to another phone number each time they wanted to create a new account.
It would also be a way for recovering accounts, old members who become inactive and get hacked with a different IP address to which they signed up with, should get a confirmation txt/call.
Maybe we could implement this in a different way?
This is merely a suggestion, any feedback would be great..

What about those who don't have a mobile phone or don't have access to phones for reasons such as dorms and such?

 

[Savitar]

What's to stop someone from putting down a random relative's number? If that person scams and someone calls that number regarding the scam, they can say "I don't know what Sythe is. I don't know who scammed who. Wrong number."

 

[ASAPgang]

What's to stop someone from putting down a random relative's number? If that person scams and someone calls that number regarding the scam, they can say "I don't know what Sythe is. I don't know who scammed who. Wrong number."

But when they go to re register with a new account, they will have to apply a new number, as the other account will be banned and registered with that specific phone number. Potentially weeding out scammers that are returning.

 

[Fendle]

No support, would stop new members joining. If I had to enter my phone number I wouldn't have joined Sythe back in 2011.

 

[S]

Was suggested before and denied. I vaguely remember there being a phone verification for a short period of time, or it was discussed and denied, not to familiar with the facts.

No support.

 

[Savitar]

But when they go to re register with a new account, they will have to apply a new number, as the other account will be banned and registered with that specific phone number. Potentially weeding out scammers that are returning.

I've got a big family. Around 20 of us (including uncles, aunts, cousins). We have around 15 residences between us. That's a lot of phone numbers mate. Wouldn't work.

 

[Elena]

No support I also feel like it may make members not want to join.

 

[FireZ]

Denied, Sythe may have a plan some day.