Help! Web Page Identifier?

treacle

Hi,

Does anyone know the websites you can use to identify individuals who are running or trading from a website address when they aren't showing details openly? I have used them before but have lost the links. Any help would be great!

christie_m

Are you trying to identify a spoof website, or looking for the postal address of the company behind the website?

Sorry dumb question, but it's late and the brain isn't functioning properly!

Rex_Mundi

If the web address ends .uk ( .co.uk or .org.uk) then the central register for these addresses (every address with these endings are listed) is http://www.nominet.org.uk/ Look down at the bottom right of the screen to see the whois box. Enter the address without the www.

If it is a .com or .net or any other endings. I find this address very useful http://www.betterwhois.com/ if the address is registered on a different system they give you the link to the registry of where the website is registered.

Sometimes people use a proxy signup service. In these instances, you can only find out who the proxy is. Not the actual owner of the site. In a case like this, I would never sign up with a site for anything requiring bank/credit card details.

There are a few more that I use, but these two will get most website ownership details for you.