People trying to sell "ARIN Leads"

Fri Apr 8 23:01:38 UTC 2022

Sabri -

Please forward each solicitation (in full with headers) to us via <compliance@ arin.net>

(Unique emails that are only used in the Whois entry are the easiest violations to pursue by far - so reporting such activity can make a huge difference.)

Thanks!
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers

> On Apr 8, 2022, at 4:21 PM, Sabri Berisha <sabri at cluecentral.net> wrote:
> 
> ----- On Apr 8, 2022, at 11:40 AM,  nanog at jima.us wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>> Of course, plausible deniability goes out the window when you receive sales
>> emails on an address that ONLY exists in ARIN Whois.
>> 
>> But no one would put a "canary trap" email in ARIN Whois...right?
> 
> You don't want to know how much spam I get on
> "thisipspaceisnotforsale at cluecentral.net". Including, ironically, from IPv4
> brokers.
> 
> Obviously, that email address is not being used for my Amazon account.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sabri