1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a device, instructions to record particular content and repeatedly play the recorded particular content; recording, by the device, the particular content based on the instructions; repeatedly playing, by the device, the recorded particular content based on the instructions; performing, by the device, one or more fraud checks based on the instructions, the one or more fraud checks including: a determination that historical viewership information, associated with the device, indicates that a user of the device watches a particular type of content, and a determination of whether a type of content, associated with the recorded particular content, is the same as the particular type of content; determining, by the device, whether the instructions are fraudulent based on the one or more fraud checks; and selectively providing, by the device and based on whether the instructions are fraudulent, viewership information for the particular content to a ratings device associated with a ratings entity, the viewership information for the particular content being provided to the ratings device when the instructions are not fraudulent, and the viewership information for the particular content being discarded when the instructions are fraudulent.