Block Self-Referrals and Fake Referral Rewards
Protect your referral budget by detecting self-referrals and fake conversions, and holding suspicious rewards for review before paying out.
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Capture Referrals
Add a
Webhooknode logging each referral conversion with signals. - 2
Detect Self-Referrals
Add a
Codenode matching referrer and referee by email, payment or device. - 3
Hold Suspicious Rewards
Add an
IFnode pausing rewards for flagged referrals. - 4
Review and Decide
Add a
Slacknode routing held rewards for a human decision. - 5
Activate and Test
Activate the workflow with a self-referral test. Confirm it's held.
Frequently asked questions
What signals catch fraud?
Shared payment methods, devices and email patterns between referrer and referee are strong indicators.
Won't this delay real rewards?
Only flagged ones are held; clean referrals are rewarded automatically.
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