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How ACN Prevents Buyer Information Leakage to External Agents

how acn prevents buyer information leakage to external agents

How to Prevent Side-Dealing, Data Hijacking & Commission Leakage — By Design, Not By Trust

In modern property agencies, leakage does not happen at the listing stage — it happens after the buyer already knows the agent, views the property, and rejects it. That is the moment most agents think:

“I already have the buyer’s contact — I can work outside and earn 100%.”

ACN exists to remove that temptation and replace it with a governed, evidence-based, tamper-resistant system where:

This is zero-trust architecture applied to real estate.

Layer 1 — Information Firewall (Pre-Temptation Prevention)

Agents only see masked buyer profiles until viewing roles are locked in.

Example display:

“Buyer #B2837 | RM1.8M–RM2.2M | KLCC High-Rise | 60–90 Days”

Full details unlock only after:

Goal: Prevent early identity extraction where 95% of leaks begin.

Layer 2 — Buyer Identity Lock (Permanent Tracking)

Every buyer receives a permanent ACN Buyer ID linked to all events:

ACN continuously detects duplicates using:

Outcome: Buyer identity becomes network-owned, not agent-owned.

Layer 3 — Non-Circumvention Contract (Legal Directional Control)

All agents agree contractually that:

“Any buyer registered in ACN is protected for 12 months across any eventual property purchase.”

Commission is tied to contribution, not property origin or negotiator identity.

Leakage = full commission liability + termination + legal escalation.

This clause extends beyond subsale inventory — it follows the buyer, not the property.

Layer 4 — Automated Audit & Behavioral Pattern Monitoring

ACN does not rely on reports or confessions.

Leakage detection signals include:

Detected Pattern Likely Meaning
Many “failed viewings” → later external deal Intentional cooling
Same external agent appears repeatedly Collusion
Sudden “buyer went cold” with no reason Extraction attempt
Viewing logs but zero follow-up records Silent diversion

ACN’s audit logic follows AML-style forensic reasoning, not WhatsApp screenshots.

Layer 5 — Whistleblower Bounty & Game-Theory Enforcement

25% of recovered commission is rewarded to any person (internal or external) who provides verifiable evidence.

This changes agent psychology from:

“Better stay quiet.”

to:

“Reporting is safer and more profitable.”

Collusion becomes unstable, untrustworthy, and economically irrational.

Commission Protection Clause (Legal Backstop)

“Once a buyer is registered and engaged through ACN, the originator and assigned workflow contributors are entitled to commission participation on any successful property purchase by that buyer within 12 months — regardless of property source, negotiator, agency, or platform.”

This is not about control.

This is about rightful value protection.

Addressing the Hardest Cheat Scenario: Post-Viewing External Diversion

Agent’s Attempted Leakage Strategy:

This is the highest-level leakage attempt.

ACN must and does withstand it.

How ACN Still Protects the Commission

The buyer is already “tagged” to you permanently

The moment you became First-View Agent, your ID was written into the buyer’s timeline ledger.

You can leak a contact number.
You cannot erase a system identity.

ACN tracks outcomes, not stories

Buyers often deny involvement — this is already accounted for.

ACN relies on forensic evidence, not verbal statements.

Denial is not a defense.

Property purchase footprints are unavoidable

Any property transaction in Malaysia triggers institutional evidence:

If ACN detects a buyer outcome within 12 months, an audit is automatically launched.

Collusion risk outweighs reward

Your external friend, at any moment, can:

Loyalty is emotional.
Economics is permanent.

Incentive engineering beats punishment

ACN eventually adds buyer-side loyalty hooks, such as:

Buyers learn that staying inside ACN benefits them, leaving them no reason to follow leakage paths.

Final Checkmate Principle

You can hide intent,
you can hide WhatsApp,
you can hide excuses,
but you cannot hide:

And in governance systems:
Outcome > Timeline > Story

The Psychology of a Governed Marketplace

Traditional real estate:
“If I leak, I might win more.”

ACN environment:
“If I stay inside, I earn safely forever.
If I leak once, I lose everything.”

This is not moral training — this is incentive engineering.

Key Insight

You don’t stop leakage by teaching integrity.
You stop leakage by making leakage irrational.

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