ARIN Fraud Reporting Results - 1st Quarter 2016 [Archived]

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Fraud Reports Received
Date/Ticket Number	Report Type	Actions Taken
20160101-F2659	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160104-F2660	Report of fraudulent SWIP records	Unable to confirm
20160106-F2661	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160106-F2662	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160112-F2663	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160112-F2664	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160115-F2665	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160119-F2666	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160119-F2667	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160121-F2668	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160126-F2669	Report of Hijacked Block	Confirmed & reverted changes
20160129-F2671	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160202-F2672	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160203-F2673	Invalid contact information	Marked record invalid
20160229-F2674	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160304-F2675	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160304-F2675	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160305-F2676	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160311-F2677	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160314-F2678	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160314-F2679	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160314-F2680	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160318-F2681	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160323-F2682	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160325-F2683	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160326-F2684	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160328-F2685	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160329-F2686	Submission of false information	Unable to confirm
20160330-F2687	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process
20160330-F2688	Out of Scope	Informed reporter the issue was outside the scope of ARIN’s fraud reporting process

Total Fraud reports received this quarter = 30

Investigation Results

ARIN received a total of thirty fraud reports during the 1st quarter of 2016.

One report contained information about invalid ARIN Whois information. Staff marked the record invalid and contacted the POC to get updated information.

One report focused on fraudulent IP justification information. ARIN was unable to confirm fraud occurred.

One report concerned fraudulent SWIP records. ARIN was unable to verify the records were fraudulent.

One report involved a hijacked IPv4 block. This report was confirmed and the affected records were locked to prevent unauthorized changes.

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.