Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space

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.