[138461] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Tue Mar 8 10:22:13 2011
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 15:18:51 +0000
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
To: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@nsrc.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110308134337.GI87854@macbook.catpipe.net>
Cc: afnog@afnog.org, nanog@nanog.org, Shepherd Magumo <shepherd@snowball.co.za>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 02:43:38PM +0100, Phil Regnauld wrote:
> (Cross posting to nanog, apologies if this is considered not appropriate).
>
> Shepherd Magumo (shepherd) writes:
> > Good day,
> >
> > I work for an ISP with own small AfriNIC IP block and ASN number and
> > recently received a second suspicious request for a huge IP address space
> > with server hosting solution and we are about to turn it down.
> >
> > Below is the exact request and I am sure there is something dodge about this
> > request. Anybody else in ISP receive this?
> >
> > We are looking for an IP address space of /17 and we would like to lease it
> > > for one complete year. Please quote us the price and if its something in
> > > our
> > > range, We will go ahead and purchase, Along with it do you provide
> > > dedicated
> > > servers and hosting services. Get back to me soon along with the requested
> > > details.
>
> Hi Shepherd,
>
> Without disclosing the sender of this mail, do you know where it's
> originating from, region wise ? The size looks a bit large to be a
> legitimate request. They might be probing the market to find a LIR
> willing to go along with a scam.
>
> As I see it, if you consider the ratio of available IPv4 space left in
> the AfriNIC pool vs. the population in Africa, there is a temptation
> for IPv4 hungry orgs. to acquire v4 space via front companies in Africa,
> and announce it elsewhere - where the validation process for the
> appropriate RIR would be more stringent.
>
i received the -exact- text as well. I offered a lease, at the usual
terms, which was outside their range of acceptable cost. the request
came from outside the AFRInic service area....
--bill
