ARIN Fraud Reporting Results - 4th Quarter 2012 [Archived]
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| Date/Ticket Number | Report Type | Actions Taken |
|---|---|---|
| 20121008-F1117 | Invalid Reassignment Information | Confirmed, removed invalid reassignment information |
| 20121009-F1118 | Fraudulent Contact Information | Contact information updated |
| 20121018-F1122 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121023-F1124 | Invalid Whois contact information | Confirmed, removed invalid reassignment information |
| 20121017-F1121 | Report of Whois use for marketing | Requested additional information from reporter |
| 20121010-F1119 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121014-F1134 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121020-F1123 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121031-F1128 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121029-F1125 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121029-F1126 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121030-F1135 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121030-F1136 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121030-F1137 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121029-F1127 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121104-F1140 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121109-F1142 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121101-F1138 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121101-F1129 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121102-F1139 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121102-F1150 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121104-F1141 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121111-F1153 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121121-F1143 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121105-F1152 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121128-F1144 | Report of outdated contact information | Provided registrant with information on completing a transfer |
| 20121226-F1158 | Report of fraudulent Whois update | Working with registration on transfer |
| 20121212-F1146 | Report of invalid Whois contact information | Determined information was accurate |
| 20121211-F1154 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121220-F1156 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121225-F1157 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121228-F1147 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121215-F1155 | Non-ARIN Fraud | Informed customer report was out of scope |
| 20121210-F1145 | Report of invalid Whois contact information | Assisted registrant update of information |
Total Fraud reports received this quarter = 34
Investigation Results
ARIN received a total of thirty-four fraud reports during the 4th quarter of 2012. Two reports identified invalid reassignment information in Whois, which ARIN was able to confirm and remove. Six reports centered on fraudulent or invalid ARIN Whois contact information, which ARIN has either resolved or continues to work on with the reporter. A final report identified the use of Whois information for marketing purposes, which ARIN has requested additional information on from the reporter.
Twenty six fraud reports received during this quarter were reports of incidents related to phishing, spam, identity theft, etc. ARIN did not investigate any of these reports, because they are outside the scope of ARIN’s mission. ARIN’s response to each of these reports was to notify the reporter that the fraud reporting process is restricted to matters specifically related to ARIN’s mission and area of authority such as false utilization reporting, number resource hijacking in ARIN’s database, and other activity involving fraudulent submissions to ARIN or fraudulent changes to data in ARIN’s Whois. In each of these report responses, ARIN staff provides additional useful information, including information on querying Whois, contact information for the network operator associated with a given IP address, etc. No further action was taken.
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