Using "Who Is"
Here are instructions for checking "whois" the domain registrant:

• Go to the site of a "whois" provider. Here are two you can use: http://www.domaintools.com
and
http://whois.mtgsy.net/default.php
. Some computers also allow you to run a command like whois example.com from a terminal window.

• Enter the URL of one domain in the search box on the "whois" page. Sometimes, you will need to delete some leading or following characters. For example, if the URL is http://supportapj.dell.com/support, you will enter just "dell.com" in the search box of the whois provider.

• Open another "whois" page.

• Enter the URL of the other domain in the search box on the second "whois" page.

• Compare the domain registrants for the two URLs. If you find that they have the same domain registrant, you will *typically* conclude that the page is not spam. If they are different and do not seem related, it is probably spam.
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