IP purity report
156.252.3.250
55/ 100
Suspicious
confidence: high
Mediocre reputation; not recommended for long-term use with important accounts.
Based on signals observed from public and partner data sources at 2026-09-21 13:40 UTC. This describes IP-level risk only; platforms' internal risk data is not visible to us.
Profile
What this IP is
- Country / region
- United States · District of Columbia · Washington
- IP type
- Hosting / data center
- Native / broadcast
- Broadcast IP
- Network
- AS209242 Esong Network Technology Co., Ltd
- Reverse DNS
- none
- Devices seen in subnet
- no data
Suitability
What it is good for
Each use case weighs the evidence differently; these are not one overall score.
AI services
ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini
Not recommended
Main issue: IP type: Hosting / data center
Least tolerant of data center and proxy exits: more likely to get degraded service, verification prompts or account limits. Spam history does not matter here
Social sign-up
X · Discord · Telegram · Reddit
Not recommended
Main issue: IP type: Hosting / data center
Sign-up is the strictest checkpoint: data center / proxy exits are more likely to be asked for phone verification or refused, and IPs with bulk-registration history are blocked far more often
Streaming / short video
TikTok · Netflix · YouTube
Not recommended
Main issue: IP type: Hosting / data center
Native IP and low sharing matter most: a broadcast IP reads as a region mismatch, and shared exits get throttled
Gaming platforms
Steam · PSN · Epic · Nintendo
Not recommended
Main issue: IP type: Hosting / data center
Region locks, regional pricing and gifting all follow the IP's location, so broadcast IPs tend to be treated as cross-region; data center exits carry a high risk of restrictions
Cross-border e-commerce
Amazon · eBay · Shopee
Not recommended
Main issue: IP type: Hosting / data center
Linked-account store closures are driven first by shared IPs, and only then by data center ranges
Email sending
SMTP · marketing email
Excellent fit
No notable obstacle found for this use case
Blocklists make or break deliverability, while sending from a data center IP is normal and is not penalised
Evidence
Why it got this score
- −25
IP type: Hosting / data center
Hosting / data center IPs are the main source of automated traffic
- −15
Broadcast IP
Range registered in SC but used in US (announced across borders)
- −6
10 open ports
Open ports: 80, 443, 2052, 2082, 2083, 2086, 2087, 8080
- −5
No rDNS record
No PTR record; IPs allocated by established carriers usually have one
- +6
Spamhaus ZEN: residential range declaration
PBL — range judged dynamic by Spamhaus
Reputation
Blocklists and abuse history
Not listed on any of the 8 blocklists checked (Spamhaus ZEN, SpamCop, PSBL, blocklist.de, UCEPROTECT L1, s5h.net, DroneBL, SpamRats).
- abuseipdb abuse confidence 0%
Open ports observed: 80, 443, 2052, 2082, 2083, 2086, 2087, 8080, 8443, 8880
Limits
What an IP check cannot tell you
- Each platform's internal risk labels
- Platforms keep their own IP reputation data and ban records and do not publish them. No hit in public sources does not mean a platform has nothing on this IP.
- Whether the IP is truly exclusive
- Sharing is only the number of devices observed in the same subnet. It cannot show who else is using this exit right now, or what they are doing.
- Which accounts this IP has been tied to
- Account-to-IP links exist only inside each platform. Accounts previously banned on this IP are invisible to us.
- Device, browser and behaviour
- Risk systems look at IP + device fingerprint + behavioural rhythm together. A clean IP with an odd fingerprint or behaviour still gets blocked.
- Whether the account profile matches the IP
- When sign-up country, phone number, payment method, language or time zone disagree with the IP's location, platforms verify further. That is unrelated to IP purity.
Sources
Data sources and responses
- rdapfailed
HTTP 404 Not Found for https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/156.252.3.250
- team-cymru38ms
- ip-api.com89ms
- proxycheck.io164ms
- abuseipdb195ms
- cloud-ranges22ms
- tor-exits22ms
- rdns372ms
- shodan-internetdb338ms
- ipwho.is92ms
- dnsbl211ms
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