<div dir="auto">Hi Saul,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks for your email and noted as sometimes I get carried away when I read some of these dishonest emails from Larus affiliates.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So, while going through <a href="https://nsr.help">https://nsr.help</a> website on the landing page, there is information related to freebies where;</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The NRS are promising a free /24 courtesy of Larus Limited.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"></snip from nrs.help></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;width:281px;height:auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10px" dir="auto"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:16px;line-height:1.8em;text-align:justify"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:wfont_ed3501_954070dc442a44fca3c57b06e67c7253,wf_954070dc442a44fca3c57b06e,orig_gudea"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Larus Limited, an NRS honorable contributor, has donated /24 IP addresses for better Internet development. NRS provides an exclusive benefit of /24 IP addresses to our network members as a means of improving Internet stability and growth. Currently, the market value of these /24 IP addresses is 1500 USD, but by joining NRS as a network member, <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-weight:bold">you will get these addresses for free.</span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="margin:0px 0px 9px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;width:270px;height:auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10px" dir="auto"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:16px;line-height:1.8em;text-align:center"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-style:italic"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:wfont_ed3501_954070dc442a44fca3c57b06e67c7253,wf_954070dc442a44fca3c57b06e,orig_gudea"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Please click this link and get your free /24 IP addresses</span></span></span></span></p></div></div><div dir="auto"></snip></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And a free one month VPS courtesy of AFRICA ON CLOUD. The same AFRICA ON CLOUD that seeks to liquidate AFRINIC.....</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"></snip from nrs.help></div><div dir="auto">VPS AFRICA ON CLOUD</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">One Month Free VPS Africa on Cloud, in partnership with NRS, will be offering a discount code for one month free VPS for NRS network members. With this VPS offering, your company will be able to host domains and servers. Sign up now and experience web-hosting for free through our VPS offer</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"></snip></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">SO one wonders what the motive for this free services are in light of all the ongoing litigation.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Are other resource members falling for the trap which I suspect Larus Limited is trying to justify a customer base in the region because why else would Lu want to provide anyone with a free /24?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For what purpose?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div dir="auto">Noah</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I agree that ISOC does a better job on promoting internet freedom and that ISOC is widely recognised and respected so to speak compared to Lu's NRS.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, 08:59 Saul Stein, <<a href="mailto:saul@enetworks.co.za" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">saul@enetworks.co.za</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>While sharing emails like this is interesting, I’d suggest leaving the emotion and profanity out of the email. It will add to your credibility and stop people just saying, there he goes on a rant…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The reality as we all know is that anyone in Africa can become a member of AFRINIC and micro membership fess are only $1000 – can you can get a /23, not just a /24.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Since the internet is already a global eco system where everyone needs to work together, there are already organisations like ISOC etc to who do promote this freedom they speak of. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Education is key, we all know this.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Noah <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">noah@neo.co.tz</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 08 December 2021 22:28<br>
<b>To:</b> General Discussions of AFRINIC <<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Community-Discuss] The NRS at it again with endless lobbying<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are most of you still being coerced by the Lu Heng's wannabe RIR the NRS to join them.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I mean, reading the bullshit in the below email from one of the NRS representatives, a one Fiona Mwangi, clearly shows that Lu Heng is stopping at nothing to pretend and fake it that he has legitimate customers in the region by dashing
out free /24's and some 1 month free VPS access and free Cloud services.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is this how Lu Heng intends to justify that CIL has real end-users in the AFRINIC service region because that would be broad day light deceit and dishonesty.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Who the heck provides free /24 IPv4 block, free VPS and free Cloud Services.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Fiona Nyawira Mwangi <<a href="mailto:f.mwangi@nrs.help" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">f.mwangi@nrs.help</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Become members of Number Resource Society<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">I am Fiona from the Number Resources Society (NRS). The NRS is a gathering of members who have the goal of preserving the stability of the internet. IP addresses are
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The NRS’s core beliefs and values are an unlimited, unrestricted, and united Internet that is based on a global free market and enterprise based on the principles of transparency
and accountability. The establishment of the Society is an advocacy of the Internet’s stability, which can only be achieved by individuals, private companies, and ISPs having freedom in managing their networks and recognizing the Internet as one universal
resource comprised of many individual networks each operated by and according to the wishes of its own management.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">With this, we are inviting your company to become part of the NRS and join us in this noble cause of protecting the internet. Through your participation, we are one step
closer to achieving our goal of improving the status quo of the Internet.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Your membership to the NRS will entitle you to our membership benefits, provided by NRS contributors:</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">- /24 IPv4 address lease for your organization with lease fee waived provided by one of our NRS contributor (terms and conditions apply, including all RIR policy requirements
and provider's accept use policy). Currently, /24 IP addresses are pegged at a price of USD$2,500 annually.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">-Free cloud space for your organization through another of our NRS contributors.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">-One month free VPS from one our NRS contributors.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">-A vast networking platform of various stakeholders, telecommunication and IT companies, in addition to Internet Governance training and workshops.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Should you have any questions, or want to discuss more details, please do not hesitate to contact +254720260410 and visit our website : <a href="http://www.nrs.help/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:#598fde">www.nrs.help</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">I am hoping for your positive response regarding this proposal.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Best regards,</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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