Re: Possible scam: "Network Abuse"

["Richard Thomas" <buglord () ex-pressnet com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Ehud Gavron <GAVRON () ACES COM>
To: nanog () merit edu <nanog () merit edu>
Cc: GAVRON () ACES COM <GAVRON () ACES COM>
Date: Tuesday, August 04, 1998 11:59 PM
Subject: Possible scam: "Network Abuse"


> This "fellow" sent out this email.
>
> Unfortunately, our networks were not used to attack him (or anyone),
> and upon request for NTP-stamped logs, he quit responding to email.
>
> I recommend warning your downstreams that this kind of scam is only
> just begging.  Imagine... $100 for "no ip direc...."

--- 198.182.116.0 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, +13 duplicates, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 201.1/207.5/216.3 ms

Most likely running down SAR... I wonder if anyone actually paid? =)