Cheap Cameras YAY! NOT....

When you "just" look them up in "whois", they seem legitimate enough. The record shows:

Domain Name: FIRSTCAMERAS.NET
Registrar: MONIKER

Registrant [3527047]:
George Hatfield
13 Frensham Road
Norwich
England
NR3 2BT
UK

Administrative Contact [3527047]:
George Hatfield
13 Frensham Road
Norwich
England
NR3 2BT
UK
Phone: +44.07563715213

Billing Contact [3527047]:
George Hatfield
13 Frensham Road
Norwich
England
NR3 2BT
UK
Phone: +44.07563715213

Technical Contact [3527047]:
George Hatfield
13 Frensham Road
Norwich
England
NR3 2BT
UK
Phone: +44.07563715213

Domain servers in listed order:

NS1.FIRSTCAMERAS.NET 85.112.126.90
NS2.FIRSTCAMERAS.NET 85.112.126.90

Record created on: 2011-01-20 06:49:36.0
Database last updated on: 2011-02-02 08:32:52.52
Domain Expires on: 2012-01-20 06:49:37.0

But when you then look up the IP address, another story turns up: :eek:

inetnum: 85.112.126.0 - 85.112.126.255
netname: colocat-net
descr: Colocat.ru network
country: RU
admin-c: IHOM-RIPE
tech-c: IHOM-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by: IHOME-MNT
remarks:

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remarks: Report spam and abuse:
remarks:

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source: RIPE # Filtered

role: iHome NOC
address: iHome Ltd.
address: 1A Semenovskaya pl.
address: 107023, Moscow, Russia
e-mail:
admin-c: VMA-RIPE
tech-c: VMA-RIPE
tech-c: IVL-RIPE
nic-hdl: IHOM-RIPE
source: RIPE # Filtered
mnt-by: IHOME-MNT

route: 85.112.112.0/20
descr: Networks to connect Internet via iHome JSC
origin: AS25478
mnt-by: IHOME-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

Conclusion: Don't just use whois to check the domain name. Use the IP address to be sure, where the server is located. :-)