[BowerR64]

I found a deal on the net and its almost to good to be true. Im not sure how you tell a web based e-mail from one that has IP tracking. Incase i get ripped off i atleast want to post the guys IP so he dont rip anyone else. Is there any kind of web based e-mail hunt or somthing?

 

[Stephonovich]

You say you found it on the internet, then mention email. Do you mean you found a website that has a contact address, or this deal was emailed to you? If it was emailed, you can pretty much ignore it. 99.9% of marketing in email is crap/fraud. If it was on a website, however...

What's the domain of the email? (i.e. @companyx.com) If it's Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, Lycos, etc., it's webmail. Seems fairly obvious to me. Another thing you should do is run a WHOIS on the site. That should (with any luck) give you the owner's name, address, phone number; the works. You may just get a name, or nothing at all, however. Also, bear in mind it's possible he/she gave a fake name. Still, better than nothing.

Finally, common sense. Best tool of all. If it's too good to be true, it probably is.

 

[BowerR64]

It was on a website in a classified section, i e-mailed the guy and when he returned my e-mail his address whent right to the junkmail section. The e-mail addres ends with a wmconnect.com.

 

[taylor]

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Unfortunately, this domain is registered through Network Solutions, the worst registrar (as far as WHOIS is concerned). They do not support WHOIS lookups from ad-free sites like ours (because of the volume of hits from us), and try to force users of our site to use their ad-laden site.

Did a WHOIS on it from www.dnsstuff.com

 

[PinkFloyd]

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Originally Posted by BowerR64 The e-mail addres ends with a wmconnect.com.

Do a google group search for connect.com http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=connect.com&hl=en