spammers trying to lease IP space?

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 --snip-- Description: ABC Widgets *Greetings, NOC or

Re: spammers trying to lease IP space?

Hi! This was mailed to many ISP's the last days. Bye, Raymond. 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

Re: spammers trying to lease IP space?

Michael - We're aware of several parties out there soliciting to 'lease' your address space, and it appears that most of them are bulk email operations. Given that the nearly inevitable consequence is that the blocks in question end up on various anti-spam blacklists, I imagine

RE: spammers trying to lease IP space?

-Original Message- From: John Curran [mailto:jcur...@arin.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:05 AM To: Michael Holstein Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: spammers trying to lease IP space? Michael - We're aware of several parties out there soliciting to 'lease' your address space