[afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space
Brian Candler
B.Candler at pobox.com
Sat Mar 12 10:49:39 UTC 2011
On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 06:23:26PM +0200, Shepherd Magumo wrote:
> Odds are, they're looking for a willing host for a snowshoe spamming
> operation. If I wanted space for something like that, Afrinic
> region providers would not be my first choice...particularly for the
> hosting. AFAIK, there are numerous LIRs in the RIPE region,
> particularly Romania who are more than happy to lease large blocks
> of IPv4 to anyone for any purpose.
>
> I guessed as much, it can only be a spamming operation. I will play
> along, offer them a lease and charge them over 9000 a day.
Tell them they can have the block, but they need to send you an up-front
reservation fee (by Western Union) to cover local administrative costs.
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