[members-discuss] Spam from Cyprian Nica / IP Broker Limited (Re: Inquiry regarding availability for subnet x.x.x.0 - y.y.y.255

> On 10 Oct 2016, at 20:22, Martin List-Petersen <martin at airwire.ie> wrote:
> The issue is, this is a constant thing. Not by this broker, but also by other brokers.

I'm amazed at how many "IP Brokers" offering "totally legitimate and trustworthy services" will hide behind incorporations in tax havens (seen spam from several that are "headquartered" at "managed postboxes" in e.g. Seychelles); or recently formed in jurisdictions where there is secrecy of directors and/or shareholders; or are incorporated at addresses that are clearly meant to be a dead-end (e.g. above a laundrette, or at a "company formations" company rather than an office or a director's personal address); and there's those that just can't file their paperwork on time and are about to be struck off the relevant register of companies.

Regardless of business practices - spamming or not spamming RIPE DB addresses, etc - due diligence looking at https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08557028 would deeply trouble me were I considering using someone as a broker/escrow/agent/etc.

Marek Isalski
Technical Director, Faelix Limited, https://faelix.net/