Block Fake Signups

Keep fake accounts out of your platform

Every fake signup pollutes your data, wastes resources, and distorts your metrics. VerifyWall validates signups in real time to keep your user base clean.

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The problem

Fake signups come in many forms: bots creating hundreds of accounts per hour, individuals using disposable emails for throwaway accounts, and organized rings using automation to scale account creation. These fake accounts pollute your user database, skew your analytics, consume storage and compute resources, and can be used as staging for more sophisticated attacks like spam, credential stuffing, or marketplace fraud.

The cost to your business

Fake signups corrupt the metrics that drive business decisions. Inflated user counts mislead investors and stakeholders. Fake users depress engagement rates, conversion rates, and retention metrics. On the infrastructure side, each fake account consumes database storage, email sending quotas, and background processing resources. For platforms with user-generated content or messaging, fake accounts are the infrastructure for spam campaigns that degrade the experience for real users.

How VerifyWall solves it

VerifyWall provides a multi-layered check at the moment of registration. Email verification catches disposable and invalid domains. IP intelligence identifies VPNs, Tor, proxies, and datacenter connections. The combined risk score lets you set thresholds that match your tolerance — blocking only the most obvious fakes or requiring additional verification for medium-risk signups. Integration takes a single API call, adding less than 200ms to your registration flow.

Detection signals that apply

Disposable Email

Throwaway emails are the most common tool for fake account creation

No MX Records

Fabricated domains that cannot receive any email — a guaranteed fake

Datacenter IP

Bot traffic from cloud infrastructure creating accounts at scale

Bad ASN

Networks known for hosting abuse infrastructure used in fake signup campaigns

Integration example

Add VerifyWall to your block fake signups workflow with a single API call:

// In your CreateNewUser action
$response = Http::withToken($apiKey)
    ->post('https://api.verifywall.com/v1/verify', [
        'email' => $input['email'],
        'ip' => request()->ip(),
    ]);

$risk = $response->json('data.attributes');

if ($risk['risk_level'] === 'high') {
    throw ValidationException::withMessages([
        'email' => 'We could not verify this email address.',
    ]);
}

return User::create([
    'name' => $input['name'],
    'email' => $input['email'],
    'password' => Hash::make($input['password']),
]);

Frequently asked questions

How quickly does VerifyWall check signups?

The VerifyWall API responds in under 200ms on average. This adds negligible latency to your registration flow — most users won't notice any difference.

What should I do with medium-risk signups instead of blocking them?

Medium-risk signups are good candidates for additional verification rather than outright blocking. You might require email verification, phone number confirmation, or CAPTCHA for these users while letting low-risk signups through immediately.

Can bots bypass VerifyWall detection?

Sophisticated bots may use residential proxies and real email addresses. VerifyWall catches the majority of automated signups through IP intelligence, but we recommend combining it with rate limiting and CAPTCHA for defense in depth.