Lesson # 2 – Advanced Due Diligence Steps
(How To Detect & Prevent Yourself From Being Scammed)
(the educational information provided here is not based on theory, but real life experience) PART 1 – WEBSITES & DOMAIN NAMES:
A. Conduct a thorough “Who-is-Who?” Investigation:
If you want to do a very thorough “due diligence” study on any program on the Net, including critical issues regarding their websites’ registration, authenticity of the Registrant, names & particulars of owners, telephone numbers and addresses on record at time of registration of
WEBSITE,, etc, here is “how to go about it”:-
Step 1: Go to www.whois.domaintools.com
Step 2: Type in the particular domain name or website address you want to look-up in the space provided; (e.g. www.xyz.com); and the following information will prompt up immediately:-
1. Page Information –
§ Website Title &
§ Record Type;
2.
Server Data –
§ Server Type,
§ IP Address,
§ IP Location,
§ Response Code,
§ Blacklist Status – whether clear or not, SSL Certifificate,
§ Website Status – whether active or inactive, Reverse IP;
3. Registry Data –
§ Registrar’s Name & Address,
§ creation date,
§ expiry date,
§ Registrar Status – whether active ICANN certified or not,
§ who-is” Server,
§ Name Server
4. “Who-is” Record – i.e.
§ Domain Name,
§ creation/expiry dates,
§ Organization’s Name & full Street Address, Town, State & Country of domicile,
§ **Admin’s Name & Full Street Address, Town, State & Country of Domicile, Admin’s e-mail, Admin’s Telephone/Fax No.,
§ ***Tech’s Name & Full Street Address, Town, State & Country of Domicile, Tech’s e-mail, Tech’s Telephone/Fax No. Name Server.
. **Admin = The Website/Program Owner or Main Operator.
*** Tech = The Website Designer – whether in-house or contracted.
Step 3: Visit the following critical sites to search for more useful information about the program:
1. For on-line Network Utilities
a. http://www.showmyip.com: this shows the direct location of the particular IP Address, ISP Provider, etc.
b. http://centralops.net/co - This is a service of :Hexillion. It combines 3 websites together – i.e. www.hexillion.com, www.registryfusion.com and www.centralops.net and provides the following critical searches on:
i. Domain Dossier – that investigates Domains and IP Addresses;
ii. Domain Check – to see availability of Domain Name;
iii. E-mail Dossier – to validate & investigate e-mail addresses;
iv. Browser Mirror – to see what your browser reveals;
v. Ping – to see if a host is reachable;
vi. Trace-route – to trace the path from one server to another;
vii. NsLookUp – Look up various domain resource records with this version of the classic utility;
viii. AutoWhois – Get Whois records automatically for domains worldwide;
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