So I just got a new request for hosting from someone who probably intends to use my servers for evil. The IP, 202.169.239.68, is from somewhere in asia and the email address, juragan@taxi.lu is from some kind of email service in Luxembourg. All of the other contact details, including credit card info, are for some poor soul in Florida. I'll have to contact her to see what's what.
I was so pleased to get an order through Google. We're so pathetically ranked it is a shock to get a hit for "php hosting" (we're #62 for that). I wish I could say that my SEO savvy magically paid off, but getting business from Google was actually my first clue to the trouble.
I'm glad I caught it - I would be heartbroken to find have my servers used for something unsavory. I'm annoyed at having to follow up with all of this and it is upsetting to feel helpless. I can turn them away, but what's to stop them from going through php host #63?
So counterproductive!