Someone signed-in to your account.

[Jax49]

I am getting TXT messages and emails from sites like Amazon saying some one logged on to my account from Glasgow, Birmingham, Hackney and London.

Why is my IP address showing these sites an address hundreds of miles away from where I actually am?

Constantly getting these TXTs and emails every time I logon is getting annoying.

But I will not turn off notifications on these sites for security reasons.

[James_B]

Hi @Jax49,

Are you clearing your cookies and cache in between logins? This could trigger the alerts. 

Do you use any VPN services?

Do you experience the same issue if you login via the app, rather than via your web browser?

James

[Jax49]

No I don't clear my cookies and I don't use a VPN.

It is not my device, app, software, or anything else you want to suggest at my end.

If I type 'what is my IP address' into Google I get (from one site):

Details for 2a01:4c8:1461:b0e9:b567:8357:xxxx:xxxx

IP  2a01:4c8:1461:b0e9:b567:8357:xxxx:xxxx

IP expanded  2a01:04c8:1461:b0e9:b567:8357:xxxx:xxxx

IP hostname  2a01:4c8:1461:b0e9:b567:8357:xxxx:xxxx

ASN  12576

ISP  EE

Organisation  EE

Services  None detected

Type  Wireless Broadband

Assingment  Likely Static IP

Continent:Country:Latitude:Longitude:

Europe

United Kingdom

51.4964  (51° 29′ 47.04″ N)

-0.1224  (0° 7′ 20.64″ W)

This puts my in London. In the middle of the Thames to be exact.

Why can't EE provide a correct IP for mobile internet device's like those for home internet?

They can find a device by cell data, why can't they use the same cell data to get a correct address? 

[XRaySpeX]

IP addys are not meant to provide positioning. They are usually associated with wherever your ISP registered them with the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) Registrant, The same goes for fixed home BB.

Amazon probably doesn't use cell data as it isn't tied to mobile access, but just uses the IP for all access. However ,as @James_B pointed out, it does id your device & offers not to check against that device in future.

Where does IP Address Lookup  think you are?

[Jax49]

I'm getting no where with this post.

I never said or suggested that Amazon use cell data.

As to where IP Address Lookup thinks I am, read my previous post.

[XRaySpeX]

OK, it doesn't look like the same site to me. They can arrive at diff destinations.

Sorry that this user group cannot provide you with any further explanation of a random, inaccurate & haphazard technology.

[NYRBrian]

@XRaySpeXIs this anything to do with ipv6 and static ips? Im sure I read somewhere that on EE that can change the ip address each time?

[XRaySpeX]

You don't have a static public IP. It's dynamic &, yes, it is liable to change on every reconnection. Each 1's geo-location is still haphazard.