Block Nigerian Scammers From Apache Based Servers or Forums with a .htaccess Blocklist
The IP addresses and CIDR ranges in this blocklist deny Apache based server access to most of Nigeria and it's neighboring countries, where most "419 Advance Fee Fraud" email scams and International Lottery scams originate.
Includes some satellite ISPs in other countries who lease IP addresses to Nigerian scammers and fraudsters
This blocklist was last updated on Tuesday, 26-Feb-2008 11:50:53 MST
order deny,allow
# Nigerian/African 419 Scammers IP addresses follow:
deny from 12.166.96.32/27 41.202.0.0/17 41.202.128.0/19 41.204.0.0/17 41.204.128.0/18 41.204.224.0/19 41.205.160.0/19 41.207.0.0/19 41.207.192.0/19 41.208.128.0/18 41.210.0.0/18 41.211.0.0/19 41.211.192.0/18 41.219.192.0/18 41.220.0.0/16 41.222.24.0/21 41.222.40.0/21 41.222.64.0/21 41.223.24.0/22 41.223.248.0/22 41.248.0.0/16 41.250.0.0/16 61.11.230.112/29 62.56.128.0/17 62.56.235.0/24 62.56.236.0/24 62.56.244.0/22 62.56.248.0/24 62.128.160.0/20 62.173.32.0/19 62.192.128.0/19 62.192.140.250 62.193.160.0/19 63.70.178.0/24 63.73.58.0/24 63.100.193.0/24 63.103.138.0/24 63.103.139.64/26 63.103.140.0/22 63.109.245.168/29 63.109.248.128/25 63.122.154.0/24 64.14.48.128/26 62.24.96.0/19 64.86.155.0/24 64.86.210.0/23 64.110.30.0/24 64.110.31.0/24 64.110.64.16/28 64.110.76.0/23 64.110.81.0/24 64.110.93.16/28 64.110.93.176/28 64.110.147.0/24 64.201.33.0/24 65.209.91.0/24 65.209.92.0/24 66.18.64.0/19 66.110.31.0/24 66.178.0.0/17 66.199.241.82 66.205.20.0/24
deny from 77.70.128.0/24 77.70.129.0/26 77.70.138.0/23 77.73.184.0/21 77.220.0.0/20 78.138.2.0/24 80.78.16.168/29 80.78.16.176/28 80.78.16.192/28 80.78.17.0/24 80.78.18.88/29 80.78.18.96/27 80.78.18.128/29 80.78.23.16/28 80.87.64.0/19 80.88.128.0/20 80.88.129.0/24 80.88.130.0/24 80.88.131.0/24 80.88.132.0/26 80.88.132.64/27 80.88.132.104/29 80.88.132.128/26 80.88.132.192/27 80.88.132.224/28 80.88.132.240/29 80.88.133.0/25 80.88.134.0/26 80.88.134.64/29 80.88.135.0/24 80.88.136.0/24 80.88.137.0/24 80.88.138.0/25 80.88.138.128/26 80.88.138.192/27 80.88.139.0/25 80.88.139.128/26 80.88.139.192/27 80.88.139.224/28 80.88.140.0/24 80.88.141.0/25 80.88.141.128/27 80.88.142.0/24 80.88.143.128/24 80.88.144.0/23 80.88.146.0/24 80.88.147.0/24 80.88.148.0/24 80.88.149.0/25 80.88.149.128/26 80.88.149.192/28 80.88.150.0/24 80.88.151.0/24 80.88.152.0/24 80.88.153.0/24 80.88.154.32/27 80.88.154.72/29 80.88.154.80/29 80.88.154.96/28 80.88.155.0/25 80.88.155.128/27 80.88.155.160/29 80.89.176.0/24
deny from 80.179.102.0/24 80.179.107.64/27 80.179.107.224/29 80.179.128.0/17 80.231.4.0/23 80.240.192.0/20 80.247.136.0/24 80.247.137.0/24 80.247.141.32/27 80.247.141.64/26 80.247.141.128/25 80.247.142.0/24 80.247.147.16/28 80.247.147.32/29 80.247.147.64/27 80.247.147.96/28 80.247.151.0/24 80.247.153.0/24 80.247.156.0/26 80.247.156.128/28 80.247.157.0/24 80.247.159.0/24 80.248.0.0/20 80.248.64.0/23 80.248.70.0/20 80.248.64.0/20 80.250.32.0/20 80.255.40.48/28 80.255.40.96/29 80.255.40.112/28 80.255.40.128/28 80.255.40.192/28 80.255.40.224/27 80.255.40.240/28 80.255.41.160/28 80.255.43.0/24 80.255.46.0/29 80.255.46.16/28 80.255.46.64/29 80.255.58.160/27 80.255.58.192/26 80.255.59.19 80.255.59.0/24 80.255.61.0/25 81.18.32.0/20 81.18.40.0/24 81.18.42.0/24 81.23.194.0/27 81.23.194.64/27 81.23.194.128/25 81.23.195.0/24 81.23.196.0/25 81.23.196.128/29 81.23.200.0/21 81.24.0.0/20 81.91.224.0/20 81.199.0.0/16 81.199.6.0/24 81.199.7.0/24 81.199.48.0/20 81.199.72.0/22 81.199.76.0/24 81.199.82.0/23 81.199.84.0/22 81.199.84.0/24 81.199.85.0/24 81.199.86.0/24 81.199.87.0/24 81.199.88.0/24 81.199.89.0/24 81.199.90.0/24 81.199.94.0/23 81.199.108.0/22 81.199.124.0/22 81.199.172.160/27 81.199.240.0/21 82.128.0.0/17 82.205.242.0/23 83.137.59.8/29 83.137.61.0/24 83.138.167.40/29 83.229.0.0/17 84.254.188.3 84.254.128.0/18
deny from 155.239.0.0/16 192.116.64.0/18 192.116.128.0/18 192.116.152.0/21 193.95.0.0/17 193.110.2.0/23 193.189.0.0/18 193.189.64.0/23 193.189.128.0/24 193.194.64.0/19 193.219.192.0/18 193.220.0.0/16 193.220.26.0/24 193.220.30.0/26 193.220.30.64/27 193.220.31.0/26 193.220.31.64/27 193.220.45.0/25 193.220.47.0/25 193.220.77.0/26 193.220.187.0/26 193.220.187.128/27 195.8.22.0/24 195.10.109.192/26 195.24.192.0/19 195.44.168.0/21 195.44.176.0/21 195.137.13.0/24 195.137.14.0/24 195.166.224.0/19 195.219.176.0/24 195.225.62.0/23 195.245.108.0/23 196.0.0.0/16 196.1.176.0/20 196.3.61.0/24 196.20.0.0/19 196.29.216.0/21 196.44.96.0/19 196.45.192.0/18 196.128.0.0/10 196.192.0.0/12 196.220.0.0/19 198.54.0.0/16 204.118.170.0/24 208.70.0.0/21 208.78.56.0/21 209.88.163.0/24 209.101.84.0/24 209.159.160.0/20 209.198.240.0/23 209.198.242.16/28 209.198.242.96/29 209.198.242.104/30 209.198.242.108/31 209.198.242.128/27 209.198.246.240/28 212.49.64.0/19 212.60.64.0/19 212.85.192.0/19 212.96.0.0/19 212.100.64.0/19 212.165.128.0/17 212.165.132.64/27 212.165.135.0/24 212.165.140.16/29 212.165.140.64/26 212.165.140.128/25 212.165.141.0/24 212.165.147.0/26 212.165.147.128/26 212.165.183.0/24 212.199.108.0/24 212.199.251.0/24 212.247.93.0/24
deny from 213.136.96.0/19 213.140.62.0/23 213.150.192.0/23 213.154.64.0/19 213.166.160.0/19 213.181.64.0/19 213.185.96.0/21 213.185.106.0/24 213.185.112.0/24 213.185.113.0/26 213.185.113.64/27 213.185.113.96/27 213.185.118.192/26 213.185.124.0/24 213.187.135.0/24 213.187.145.0/24 213.211.128.0/18 213.211.188.0/24 213.232.96.0/24 213.255.193.0/24 213.255.194.0/24 213.255.195.0/24 213.255.198.0/24 213.255.199.0/24 216.72.104.0/21 216.74.187.0/24 216.118.252.0/24 216.118.253.0/24 216.129.147.128/28 216.129.159.0/24 216.133.174.0/24 216.139.160.0/19 216.139.176.136/29 216.147.132.144/28 216.147.132.160/28 216.147.134.0/24 216.147.159.0/24 216.185.79.0/24 216.236.200.96/28 216.236.202.96/28 216.236.205.0/24 216.236.222.128/26 216.250.195.0/27 216.250.195.64/26 216.250.221.0/24 216.250.222.0/24 216.252.176.0/24 216.252.177.0/24 216.252.231.0/25 216.252.245.0/24 217.10.163.128/26 217.10.163.192/27 217.10.163.224/27 217.10.166.0/26 217.10.166.64/28 217.10.169.0/24 217.10.170.0/24 217.10.171.0/24 217.10.173.0/26 217.10.182.0/27 217.10.184.0/24 217.14.80.0/20 217.15.124.0/25 217.20.240.0/20 217.20.241.0/25 217.20.241.128/29 217.20.241.136/29 217.20.241.144/28 217.20.241.160/29 217.20.241.168/29 217.20.241.176/29 217.20.241.184/29 217.20.241.192/29 217.20.241.200/29 217.20.241.208/29 217.20.242.0/24 217.20.243.16/28 217.20.243.32/27 217.78.64.0/20 217.117.0.0/20 217.146.3.144/28 217.146.3.160/28 217.146.3.176/29 217.146.3.224/27 217.146.4.64/26 217.146.5.0/24 217.146.6.0/25 217.146.6.160/27 217.146.7.0/24 217.146.8.0/25 217.146.9.0/24 217.146.10.128/25 217.146.11.0/25 217.146.12.0/24 217.146.13.0/24 217.146.14.0/25 217.146.15.0/25 217.146.16.0/27 217.146.16.32/29 217.168.112.0/20 217.194.140.0/22 217.194.144.0/20 217.199.144.0/20 217.212.242.0/23
# Pretoria Z.A. Only use if you get scammers from Pretoria!
deny from 41.240.0.0/16
# Pretoria, Z.A. ISP, caught in main blocklist
allow from 196.25.0.0/16
# Costa Rica exceptions:
allow from 196.40.0.0/18 196.40.64.0/19
# Newest Nigerian/African ISP additions/subtractions below:
# If anybody gets scammed or spammed from any IP between 196.208.0.0 through 196.255.255.255, please let me know about it. Send the IP and details of the scam.
# Jan 4, 2008; Added 41.211.0.0/19 (Ghana scammers)
# Jan 8, 2008: Added 77.70.128.0/24 77.70.129.0/26 77.70.138.0/23 (NG)
# Jan 10, 2008: Changed the CIDR 80.255.41.160/29 to 80.255.41.160/28 to include 8 new IPs, assigned to Lagos NG.
# Jan 13, 2008: Added 80.78.23.16/28 (NG), 83.137.59.8/29 and 196.44.96.0/19 (Ghana scammers)
# Jan 15, 2008: Added 196.3.61.0/24 (Starcomms Nigeria Limited)
# Jan 27, 2008: Added 196.29.216.0/21 (DirectonPC Nigeria) and moved Turkish IP list to the Russian Blocklist
# Feb 02, 2008: Added 196.45.192.0/18 (Q-kon Pty Ltd, Lagos, NG)
# Feb 15, 2008: Added 196.1.176.0/20 (Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd.)
# Feb 17, 2008: Added 80.255.61.0/25 (INTELSAT-CUST-globalcom-NG)
# Feb 25, 2008: Added 195.10.109.192/26 (Ghana)
# Added Goldenlines.net.il (Israel) because of Open Proxies used by Nigerian scammers
deny from 80.179.244.0/24
# Amsterdam, The Netherlands Versatel Nederland DSL-NAT Customers - Lottery and 419 scammers
deny from 62.59.36.0/22 62.59.40.0/21 62.59.48.0/22 82.93. 82.168.0.0/14
# Tentative CIDR block for 16,777,216 AfriNIC assigned IPs: 41.0.0.0/8
# Ironlinkus, Netdish iDirect, New Skies, PanAmSat and Sky-Vision and Canadian based satellite services to Nigeria and Africa were merged into them main list on March 5 and 7, 2007.
# Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, and Zimbabwe are now in merged into the main blocklist (March 5, 2007)
# End Nigerian/African blocklist
# Add other blocked domain names or IP addresses here, starting with "deny from " without quotes
# If you find that you need to poke a hole in the blocklist, for legitimate visitors, follow this example: allow from 123.456.789.0
# Real life example: Some forums have legitimate DSL customers in Mauritius, which is blocked by 196.0.0.0/9, in my blocklist.
# To allow 8192 of these folks in Mauritius into your forums, just add the following directive:
allow from 196.27.64.0/19
# Add "allow from" IP addresses, or CIDR Ranges, after all of the "deny from" items, just before the closing Files tag.
# Everything not included within these deny from ranges is PERMITTED by the allow portion of the directive.
# This prevents web browsers or spiders from seeing your .htaccess directives:
deny from all
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