If you would like to check up on who owns a particular domain name then you can do it at the following address. http://www.allwhois.com. Type in the URL you wish to find out about and you should be able to obtain the registered name and address of the said domain name. You may find that you have to make a few adjustments, like deleting "http://www" to obtain the information you want but it’s a handy tool to have. So if you can identify a name that was associated with a bad program then you can help yourself to avoid these people in the future. Also, here is a list of Due Diligence boards you can visit. But I must warn you not to be influenced by some of the comments, use some of these only as a limited information source. Some of these are after sensationalism to promote their own site; some are out in left field with reality; but you can also glean some useful information if you take some of what you read with tongue in cheek.

www.sec.gov/complaint/selectconduct.shtml

From another source:

www.quatloos.com
www.fraud.org
www.scambuster.com
www.netscams.com/links.jsp
www.elsop.com/wrc/complain.htm
www.crimes-of-persuasion.com
www.worldwidescam.com
www.scamwatch.com

www.internet.org.uk

www.bankersalmanac.com ( check all registered banks)

www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/index.htm (Metropolitan police in London) fraud.alert@met.police.uk

www.sfo.gov.uk ( Serious Fraud Office) mla@sfo.gsi.gov.uk

www.ispa.org.uk ( Internet Services Providers Association) admin@ispa.org.uk

http://208.56.78.155 ......chech this black list before you make an investment

www.swindles.com (related links, Ass. of Attorneys General, Fraud Defense Network, Ass. of Certificed Fraud Examiners, etc).

IFCC ( Internet Fraud Complaint Center) in cooperation

with the FBI. www1.ifccfbi/gov/indes.asp

http://combat.uxn.com (domain research, trace router)

www.companieshouse.gov.uk/info (here you can check if a U.K. company is registered). Only available during bussiness hours!

www.pcpages.com/swissgnome/corpsrch.html ……corporate search database ( Australia, Canada, U.K., USA and individual States).

www.iccwbo.org/index_ccs.asp ( ICC Commercial Crime Service in the U.K.)

www.msn.com ( check phone# fr. USA + Canda + U.K.) go to > FIND > white pages!

www.teldir.com/eng/ ………..worldwide elephone directory

www.diageousa.com ( this company claims to help you to get back your money)

www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases.shtml ( research the entire databank).

NOTE: I use these sources myself and I have nothing in common with any of those beforementioned organsisations or companies. I just want to help you to prevent losing hard earned money, nothing else.

State Attornies General

State	Attorney General	Phone	Fax	Email
AK	Bruce M Botelho	907-465-3600	907-465-2075	bbotelho@counsel.com
AZ	Grant Woods	602-542-4266	602-542-4085	gwoods00@counsel.com
AR	Winston Bryant	501-682-2007	501-682-8084
CA	Dan Lungren			dlungren@counsel.com
CO	Gale Norton			gnorto00@counsel.com
CT	Richard Blumenthal	860-566-2026		rblument@counsel.com
FL	Robert A Butterworth	904-487-1963	904-487-2564
HI	Margery S Bronster	808-586-1282	808-586-1239	mbronste@counsel.com
ID	Alan Lance			alance01@counsel.com
IL	Jim Ryan	312-814-2503	312-814-5024	jryan001@counsel.com
IN	Jeffrey Modisett	317-233-4386	317-233-2162	jmodiset@atg.state.in.us
IA	Tom Miller	515-281-3053	515-281-6771
KS	Carla J Stovall	913-296-2215	913-296-6295	cstova00@counsel.com
LA	Richard P Ieyoub	504-342-7013	504-342-8703	rieyoubn@counsel.com
MD	J Joseph Curren Jr	410-576-6300	410-576-7003	jcurra03@counsel.com
MA	Scott Harshbarger	617-727-2200	617-727-3251	lharshba@counsel.com
MI	Frank J Kelley	517-373-1110	517-373-3042	fkelly00@counsel.com
MN	Hubert H Humphrey III	612-296-6196	612-297-4193	skip.humphrey@state.mn.us
MS	Mike Moore	601-359-3692	601-359-3441	mmoore02@counsel.com
MO	Jeremiah W Nixon	573-751-3321	573-751-0774	jnixon00@counsel.com
MT	Joseph P Mazurek	406-444-2026	406-444-3549	jmazurek@counsel.com
NV	Frankie Sue Del Papa			fdelxpap@counsel.com
NJ	Peter Verniero	609-292-4976	609-292-3508	pvernier@counsel.com
NH	Philip McLaughlin			pmclaughlin@counsel.com
NM	Tom Udall	505-827-6000		tudallnn@counsel.com
NY	Dennis C Vacco	518-474-7330	518-473-9907	dvaco000@counsel.com
OH	Betty D Montgomery	614-466-3376	614-466-5087	bmontgom@counsel.com
OK	Drew Edmondson	405-521-3921	405-521-6248	dedmon00@counsel.com
OR	Hardy Myers			hardy.myers@doj.state.or.us
PA	Michael Fisher	717-787-3391	717-787-8242	info@attorneygeneral.gov
SC	Charlie Condon	803-734-3910	803-253-6283	ccondon0@counsel.com
TX	Dan Morales	512-463-2191	512-463-2063	dmorales@counsel.com
UT	Jan Graham	801-538-1326	801-538-6306	jgraha00@counsel.com
WA	Christine O Gregoire	360-753-6200	360-664-0228	cgrego01@counsel.com
WV	Darrell V McGraw Jr	304-558-2021	304-558-0140
WI	James E Doyle	608-266-1221	608-267-2223	jdoylenn@counsel.co