IP intelligence

173.249.255.226

Chicago, United States · tzulo, inc. · Data Center

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75/100

Fraud score

high risk

What we know about 173.249.255.226.

VPN

Detected

Proxy

Clean

Tor

Clean

Relay

Clean

Datacenter

Detected

Mobile

Clean

VPN connection detected (unknown provider). Traffic is being routed through a commercial VPN service, masking the user's real IP address. Flagged for suspicious activity by our honeypot sensors. Lower confidence - may warrant additional verification. Located in a high-risk network neighborhood where 98% of the /24 subnet is flagged for abuse - this level of concentration typically indicates compromised infrastructure or a malicious hosting operation

Network

Organization
tzulo, inc.
ISP
tzulo, inc.
Connection type
Data Center
Cloud provider
–
Residential proxy
No
Shared connection
No

Location

Country
United States (US)
Region
Illinois
City
Chicago
Coordinates
41.8835, -87.6305
Timezone
America/Chicago
rDNS
–
Hostname
static-173-249-255-226.cust.tzulo.com

History

First seen
Aug 15, 2026
Last seen
Nov 2, 2026
Times seen
595

Threat signatures · 2

multi_source_abusecompromised_host

Subnet (/24)

IPs observed
132
Abusive
130
Abuse ratio
98%

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173.249.255.226, answered.

Yes. FFraud classifies 173.249.255.226 as a VPN endpoint. Connection type: Data Center.

FFraud scores 173.249.255.226 at 75/100 (high risk) because VPN connection detected (unknown provider). Traffic is being routed through a commercial VPN service, masking the user's real IP address. Flagged for suspicious activity by our honeypot sensors. Lower confidence - may warrant additional verification. Located in a high-risk network neighborhood where 98% of the /24 subnet is flagged for abuse - this level of concentration typically indicates compromised infrastructure or a malicious hosting operation We recommend blocking or challenging it.

173.249.255.226 is operated by tzulo, inc. (AS11878), located in Chicago, United States.

The score reflects high-confidence signals: VPN connection detected (unknown provider). Traffic is being routed through a commercial VPN service, masking the user's real IP address. Flagged for suspicious activity by our honeypot sensors. Lower confidence - may warrant additional verification. Located in a high-risk network neighborhood where 98% of the /24 subnet is flagged for abuse - this level of concentration typically indicates compromised infrastructure or a malicious hosting operation FFraud only lists an IP once it is independently confirmed at least twice, by our honeypot sensors and community reports.

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173.249.255.226: fraud score 75 of 100, High risk

173.249.255.226

tzulo, inc. · United States

High risk

75/100

Fraud score

  • VPN: yes
  • Proxy: no
  • Tor: no
  • Datacenter: yes
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