Ah, apologies on my part Tony, it did look at lot like a signature block and thus a amusing sock puppet SNAFU
On Mon, Jan 8, 2024, 20:54 Tony Wicks <[email protected]> wrote: > No, Eddies is NOT me, I included his details to be helpful to the OP…. > > > > > > *From:* Ben Cox <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 9, 2024 9:27 AM > *To:* Tony Wicks <[email protected]> > *Cc:* North American Network Operators' Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: IPv4 address block > > > > Hey Tony/Eddie > > > > I think your choice of email signature may have given away the game a > little bit here > > > > Regards > > Ben Cartwright-Cox > > > > On Mon, Jan 8, 2024, 20:00 Tony Wicks <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have used Eddie at iptrading several times over the yearsfor IP block > purchases and never had this sort of issue, so would count this as a > recommendation. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Eddie Stauble > > > > [email protected] > > 855-IPTRADE (855-478-7233) Ext 107 Direct: 754-227-8423 > > > > <https://iptrading.com/> > > > > > > *From: NANOG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John > CurranSent: Monday, January 8, 2024 7:46 PMTo: Eric Kuhnke > <[email protected]>Cc: [email protected] list <[email protected]>Subject: > Re: IPv4 address block <https://iptrading.com/>* > > <https://iptrading.com/> > > *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "iptrading.com" > claiming to be* On Jan 7, 2024, at 9:04 PM, Eric Kuhnke < > *[email protected]*> wrote: <https://iptrading.com/> > > <https://iptrading.com/> > > I might note that one of the qualified facilitators on the list recently > "sold" me a block where the original entity which obtained it in the 1990s > was still announcing it to all of their peers and trantsi after the wire > transfer had been done, the ARIN process was done/ticket closed, and the > block resided with my AS. <https://iptrading.com/> > > <https://iptrading.com/> > > *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "iptrading.com" > claiming to be* Interesting. If you believe that the qualified > facilitator failed in their duty to you (more specifically, if they did not > live up to an aspect of the code of conduct – > *https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/transfers/facilitators/codeofconduct/*) > then please drop ARIN a message with the specifics to > *[email protected]* <https://iptrading.com/> > > <https://iptrading.com/> > > It took a significant amount of badgering the original block holder (an > entity with which we had no pre-existing relationship or direct contacts > into their engineering department) to get them to withdraw the > announcement, which we did independently of the broker and quicker than > they responded to us. So my message would be to do your own due diligence > and investigation of IP space and don't trust what the "broker" tells you. > <https://iptrading.com/> > > <https://iptrading.com/> > > Absolutely - always a good idea. <https://iptrading.com/> > > <https://iptrading.com/> > > Thanks for feedback! <https://iptrading.com/> > > /John <https://iptrading.com/> > > <https://iptrading.com/> > > John Curran <https://iptrading.com/> > > President and CEO <https://iptrading.com/> > > American Registry for Internet Numbers <https://iptrading.com/> > > <https://iptrading.com/> > > <https://iptrading.com/> > > <https://iptrading.com/> > > <https://iptrading.com/> > >
