morairaway!!!!!!

[Pesky Wesky]

Originally Posted by AndyP1

3. Check out the website by doing a 'whois' search via google. If you can't find who is behind the website walk away.

Andy

Do you mean do a google search on the website and find out what comes back, or is there a special kind of search you can do with google to find out about companies?

[XTreme]

Originally Posted by Pesky Wesky

Do you mean do a google search on the website and find out what comes back, or is there a special kind of search you can do with google to find out about companies?

WHOIS.....type in the domain name without the www and go through the tabs to get all the info.

[Pesky Wesky]

Originally Posted by XTreme

WHOIS.....type in the domain name without the www and go through the tabs to get all the info.

Thanks!
But I just did it for a site that i know's OK and nothing came up. Why would that be?

[cliveinspain]

Yes, I've heard of Morairaway and helped people with local enquiries at their Accommodation Address in Javea, the franchise Total Postal, not far from the Guardia Civil offices. I only heard about the problem from a friend in Marbella, by which time those behind Morairaway had moved on. Clive in Spain

[XTreme]

Originally Posted by Pesky Wesky

Thanks!
But I just did it for a site that i know's OK and nothing came up. Why would that be?

Cos you didn't click through the tabs properly....it even shows other sites on the same server.

[Pesky Wesky]

Originally Posted by XTreme

Cos you didn't click through the tabs properly....it even shows other sites on the same server.

It's ok, I didn't do it properly

[AndyP1]

Originally Posted by Pesky Wesky

Do you mean do a google search on the website and find out what comes back, or is there a special kind of search you can do with google to find out about companies?

A 'whois' search will find details about who is behind the website. Some will choose to hide their details and this can be perfectly legitimate. However, if your suspicions suggest to you that there is something wrong and you can't find detail on the people behind the website trust your 'gut feeling' and wlak away. At the end of the day there are lots of sites to choose from.

So how do you do a whois search?

Easy. Put Whois into google and the search will bring back several websites one of which is called whois. Click onto it and then insert the website you are checking in to the box and then search. It will come back with lots of data like where it is hosted and etails of technical contact etc.

For morairaway the return is


Registrant:
Domains by Proxy, Inc.

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (Browser Update Page)
Domain Name: MORAIRAWAY.COM

Domain servers in listed order:
NS29.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS30.DOMAINCONTROL.COM


For complete domain details go to:
Go Daddy - Search the WhoIs database

The domain is coming back as a 'proxy' so someone is hiding his details. Suspicious... yes. So walk away. You can do this with all websites.

If you look at mine the following is returned

<snip>

So you see, I am not hiding anything and you can contact me and therefore I am highly unlikely to be defrauding anyone.

Hope this helps for the future!

Regards

Andy

[XTreme]

Originally Posted by AndyP1

Parr, Andy
Hebble house
Hebble vale drive
Wheatley, Halifax HX2 8TL

So you see, I am not hiding anything and you can contact me and therefore I am highly unlikely to be defrauding anyone.

Firstly.....your address is shown as Halifax.....but your location in your profile says Barbados. I understand the reasons that could happen but others might not....so you've left yourself wide open.

Secondly....you're likely to get an asskicking from XTreme's Chicas for relentlessly spamming without premium member status.

[Veronica]

Originally Posted by XTreme

Secondly....you're likely to get an asskicking from XTreme's Chicas for relentlessly spamming without premium member status.

Yup

[XTreme]

Told you!

This is them!