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Hey I am newbie working on my first project. I have bought residential ISP proxy and trying to create account on few social media (instagram, x, tiktok).I am using adspower with fingerprinting. I get hit by captcha constantly on google. Cant create any account since even proton mail hit me with abuse detection. Ipfither shows 75% - timezone mismatch for some reason (adspower seems to be setup correctly to show my IP timezone) and blacklisted on two website (i have red it is not that big of an issue for social media since they are not caring about public blacklists).

It all appears my proxy provider is to blame (well, I am to blame actually for buying bad proxy...), but since I am new in this I just want to double check - is there anything I am doing wrong here?
 
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KingJester said:
Hey I am newbie working on my first project. I have bought residential ISP proxy and trying to create account on few social media (instagram, x, tiktok).I am using adspower with fingerprinting. I get hit by captcha constantly on google. Cant create any account since even proton mail hit me with abuse detection. Ipfither shows 75% - timezone mismatch for some reason (adspower seems to be setup correctly to show my IP timezone) and blacklisted on two website (i have red it is not that big of an issue for social media since they are not caring about public blacklists).

It all appears my proxy provider is to blame (well, I am to blame actually for buying bad proxy...), but since I am new in this I just want to double check - is there anything I am doing wrong here?
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timezone mismatch is a issue with VPN too.
You should be able to fix that.
 
You should use Static Residential proxy for the account creation and you can manage using dedicated private proxies as well.

Try to create account using real browser with clean profile using that and see.

If not work then try some reputable browser like incogniton,gologin,adspower etc.

But initially account creation is hurdle but after that if you warm them up it will work fine for long period of time.
 
extremeboy said:
You should use Static Residential proxy for the account creation and you can manage using dedicated private proxies as well.

Try to create account using real browser with clean profile using that and see.

If not work then try some reputable browser like incogniton,gologin,adspower etc.

But initially account creation is hurdle but after that if you warm them up it will work fine for long period of time.
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Thank you very much. So just to clarify, when i create account I do that with Static Residential -> then switch to ISP/Mobile for warmup and further posting? Am I correct?

Out of curiosity - why is that? Why acc creation is easier on static residential?
 
I’d check the timezone mismatch first. I’ve had some proxies act weird like this before, especially when the IP location and timezone don’t match. Could be worth testing with a different proxy just to rule it out.
 
Maybe you can test first with another clean IP/provider. If that behaves normally, that's a good indication that the original proxy was the problem.
 
Looks like a bad IP. Maybe too many people used it before. Google and Proton have their own IP lists, so public blacklist checks do not show everything

Also check the ASN. Some proxies are sold as residential ISP but still show as hosting or proxy IPs. If so, changing AdsPower settings will not help much. Ask the seller for another IP and test again or just change the proxy provider
 
testing the ip with any ip lookup is an instant detection , all honeypots , real user don't usually check his ip.
 
plz run it through scamalytics and iphey. if fraud score is above 20 or your webrtc leaks, that's your answer right there exactly
 
This is the main issue with selecting a provider, it’s pretty hard to find a clean IP these days even if you’re going with more expensive mobile/4g IPs.
 
You can first test the IP's basic environment on its own, check the system time and browser fingerprint details, then switch to a new IP for comparison, so you can tell whether it's the proxy itself or the fingerprint configuration causing the issue.
 
KingJester said:
Thank you very much. So just to clarify, when i create account I do that with Static Residential -> then switch to ISP/Mobile for warmup and further posting? Am I correct?

Out of curiosity - why is that? Why acc creation is easier on static residential?
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IP stays same while you are working. Platforms usually see fewer sudden changes in IP/location, which can reduce some risk signals.
 
The timezone mismatch is worth fixing either way, but with Google already challenging the IP that aggressively, I wouldn’t spend hours trying to rescue that proxy.
 
The Time Zone is a major issue that might be causing all that flagging. sort that. I will also recommend if the issue persists, to use proxy browsers instead
 
KingJester said:
Hey I am newbie working on my first project. I have bought residential ISP proxy and trying to create account on few social media (instagram, x, tiktok).I am using adspower with fingerprinting. I get hit by captcha constantly on google. Cant create any account since even proton mail hit me with abuse detection. Ipfither shows 75% - timezone mismatch for some reason (adspower seems to be setup correctly to show my IP timezone) and blacklisted on two website (i have red it is not that big of an issue for social media since they are not caring about public blacklists).

It all appears my proxy provider is to blame (well, I am to blame actually for buying bad proxy...), but since I am new in this I just want to double check - is there anything I am doing wrong here?
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Are the proxies dedicated to you? Maybe they've been flagged if they are not dedicated to you.
 
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