[151415] in North American Network Operators' Group
spammers trying to "lease" IP space?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Holstein)
Wed Mar 21 10:46:21 2012
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:44:09 -0400
From: Michael Holstein <michael.holstein@csuohio.edu>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I know this tactic isn't exactly new .. just thought I'd pass this along.
Text below is exact with exception of our ARIN information and ranges
(which any of you could figure out anyway).
Cheers,
Michael Holstein
Cleveland State University
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Description: ABC Widgets
*Greetings, NOC or IP Admin at (our ARIN NetName)*
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We would like to Lease or even Purchase some of your IPv4 Ranges like=20
(our/16)
=E2=80=9CWhy do You want to lease our IPs?=E2=80=9D
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Very Simply: Our Business is the delivery of Opted In Marketing Email. The =
key=20
to this business is good stewardship of IP assets to ensure deliverability,=
and=20
even more importantly; *Sustainability. *Many of our IP leases last years d=
ue to=20
our investment in our network before we ever even mail. As a result it take=
s=20
Several months before a subnet is profitable for us after recouping our ini=
tial=20
infrastructure expenses. So to Hit and Run simply does not make good busine=
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sense, after all maybe if we are good to our word you will offer us additio=
nal IPs!
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there are two core requirements in any Major League Mail Campaign ?
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a. =5FHaving a solid list=5F with real recipients and records to prove thei=
r Sign up=20
is vital to delivery but also to settling any complaints registered with an=
ISP.
b. =5FUsing Multiple IP addresses=5F. If having a good list is a good defen=
se then=20
using Multiple Static IP addresses is a proactive measure. ISPs, Backbone=20
Carriers, Software Makers, and more all use (among other means) Algorithms =
to=20
shape traffic across their networks and to their clients. Using an MTA to s=
pread=20
our traffic across thousands of IP addresses from then thousands of =E2=80=
=98C-Blocks=E2=80=99=20
we mitigate the footprint of our traffic originating from any one network r=
ange.
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?/It should be noted here that this email is a Request for Pricing (RFP) an=
d its=20
recipients have in no way requested it, they have instead been identified=20
through research, and therefore this email should not be thought of as=20
characteristic of our normal mailings./
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Precision Management of Texas (USA) offers on-demand solutions for brand=20
marketers and website promotion chiefly through email marketing. Currently =
PM is=20
seeking to expand its network capability both overseas and here in the US w=
ith=20
the addition of several points of presence (PoP) in geographically diverse =
locations. Precision Management makes no attempt to conceal identity or=20
intentions as a show of good faith on our part that we will be good custome=
rs=20
with an eye on building a relationship beyond this installation. It should =
go=20
without saying that our use of your network will be totally AUP Compliant a=
nd=20
any complaints will be handled in 12 hours or less. We only mail to Top Lev=
el=20
Domain=E2=80=99s and do no General Internet mailing. Also i want you to be =
aware that we=20
are an American Company with verifiable references who can attest to how we=
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conduct our email business.
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Description: Content Image InlinePM seeks to obtain as much diversity in th=
e=20
allocated IP space as possible, however the most important thing is the Sub=
nets=20
need to have no abuse history.
We can take the IPs via GRE or BGP or other such tunneling solution to wher=
e you=20
have them announced. Alternatively we can advertise them ourselves on our=20
network, saving you the back-haul. As a third solution we can take a server=
on=20
your network with the following specs
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One Virtual (or Dedicated) Server =E2=80=93
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Dual Cores
1 GB RAM
100 GB HDD?
3 Mbps dedicated - burstable to 100
Term period minimum of 6-12 months
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I hope you have read this far and will seriously consider this opportunity =
to=20
generate additional revenue for your company.
If this email has found you in error please fwd it to the right person and =
cc=20
me. Otherwise hit the un-sub at the bottom!
Thanks,
Edward Wootan
Chief Technical Officer
Precision Management LLC <http://www.precision-management.net/>
3030 LBJ Freeway
Dallas, TX 75234
If you are interested in working with a *Legitimate Marketer *
please reply to this email or call me Direct at *(704)286-6098* anytime.
The information contained within the referenced, linked, or directed email =
communication is intended to be a confidential communication between the=20
original sender and recipient, and is to be treated as confidential. All wo=
rks,=20
ideas, or copy within are copyrighted by precision management llc., and are=
not=20
to be used in any manner other by which they were intended by precision=20
management llc... If you believe you have received this or any other email =
in=20
error, please contact cto@precision-management.info=20
<mailto:cto@precision-management.info>
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