Complaint Review: GO DADDY SOFTWARE INC. - domain name registration - Scottsdale Arizona

This rebuttal was redacted because the individual did not provide a bona fide e-mail address and uses their anonymnity to further victimize the contributor.

Jerry, in my last post I very simply wanted to show an easy tool how to check ANY web site before deciding making business with it. I meant, it is not only go daddy. People should check every website, even with "honest-looking" registrars. If the registrant's address, phone number etc. seem fishy, fake, inconsistent - stay away from the site. No, I did not mean in any way to defend go daddy. Regarding the fight against these registrars/registrant I had already a couple of rebuttals, similar way regarding the shameless bbb-s, I very simply did not want to repeat myself. You might be interested in this: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2002/05/whois.htm - you are not alone with your concern.

Since you have correctly pointed out that the company is a fake and that there is no way to contact them, how do you propose tracking them down? Don't you think the registrant has a modicum of responsibility for this scam? I say go after godaddy.com, which incidentally is a member of the BBB... but that's another scam.

One way to recognize fraudulent web-sites is to check the id of the registrant, the person, company who bought/reserved the web site from one of the domain registrar companies. If the registrant is a fake bs name, if the registrant only have pobox as contact info, stay away from the site. Yes, the registrar is godaddy, but the registrant is not them... You should go one step further. Here is what can you see about welcomehome2002.com - definetely EVERYTHING is fake: Registrant: AA AAA AAA 123 AAA road Los Angeles, California 90001 Domain Name: WELCOMEHOME2002.COM Created on: 02-Jan-02 Expires on: 02-Jan-03 Last Updated on: 03-Jun-02 Administrative Contact: AAA, AA [email protected] AA 123 AA Road Los Angeles, California 90001 Phone -- (000) 000-0000 Fax -- (000) 000-0000 Technical Contact: AAA, AA [email protected] AA 123AA Road Los Angeles, California 90001 Phone:(000) 000-0000 Fax -- (000) 000-0000 How can you chek ANY web site? (Yes, I know you already did this, but maybe other people reading this rebuttal are not familiar with the process.) First: go to http://whois.dotregistrar.com/ type in the web site address you want to get info without http, www. Only: welcomehome2002 then chose .com Second: look for the REFERRAL URL line: Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com Third: Go to the referral url, and look for the WHOIS link somewhere on the page. For godaddy this WHOIS in the right bottom corner of the site. Fourth: type in again the welcomehome2002, chose .com Fifth: type in the password - the red number, and there it is: everything about this "company." This process silghtly different on every registrar site, but there is always a wois somewhere....