When multiple affiliate accounts share the same payout details, it often indicates one person running several accounts to game your program. Duplicate Payout Method Detection flags these overlaps automatically.
How It Works
When an affiliate updates their payment method or invoice information, Affonso checks whether those details are already in use by another affiliate in your program. This includes payment emails, bank details, crypto wallets, and tax identifiers like VAT or Tax IDs.
If a match is found, a fraud event is created linking both affiliates.
Three Modes
Configure this in your Risk Center Settings:
Off — No detection. This is the default.
Detect — Both affiliates remain active, but a pending event is created for your review.
Block — Both affiliates are automatically rejected from the program.
Reviewing Flagged Events
Duplicate payout events show you which two affiliates matched and which payment details overlap. You can then:
- Confirm — Both affiliates are rejected
- Resolve — Mark as a false positive (e.g., a business with multiple legitimate representatives)
Things to Keep in Mind
- Detection runs when affiliates update their payout or invoice details, not retroactively.
- In Block mode, both the new and existing affiliate are rejected — review promptly if you enable this.
- The comparison is normalized (case-insensitive, formatting differences ignored) to catch common evasion attempts.
Need help? Contact support if you're seeing multi-accounting patterns in your program.
