Well for the non-geeks among us that can not read the following , it says something to the effect of AZ.Gov registered the site.
It does not mean that the site is not a money sink ripoff but it was registered by somebody claiming to be part of the Arizona state government.
tswallow@azleg.gov maps to:
Travis Swallow, EEO Liaison
tswallow@azleg.state.az.us (602) 926-5681
Make of it what you will.
For future reference try:
http://centralops.net/co/DomainDossier.aspx and plug in the URL in question.
Your money, you spend it how you want to.
Domain Name: BUILDTHEBORDERFENCE.COM
Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL:
http://registrar.godaddy.com Name Server: DNS1.AZ.GOV
Name Server: DNS2.AZ.GOV
Name Server: DNS3.AZ.GOV
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientRenewProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 14-jul-2011
Creation Date: 22-jun-2011
Expiration Date: 22-jun-2012
>>> Last update of whois database: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:35:28 UTC <<<
Queried whois.godaddy.com with "buildtheborderfence.com"...
Registrant:
Arizona State Senate
1700 W Washington
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (
http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: BUILDTHEBORDERFENCE.COM
Created on: 22-Jun-11
Expires on: 22-Jun-12
Last Updated on: 14-Jul-11
Administrative Contact:
Smith, Steve
tswallow@azleg.gov Arizona State Senate
1700 W Washington
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
United States
+1.6029265681 Fax -- +1.6029265681
Technical Contact:
Smith, Steve
tswallow@azleg.gov Arizona State Senate
1700 W Washington
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
United States
+1.6029265681 Fax -- +1.6029265681
Domain servers in listed order:
DNS1.AZ.GOV
DNS2.AZ.GOV
DNS3.AZ.GOV
Network Whois record
Queried whois.arin.net with "n ! NET-159-87-0-0-1"...
NetRange: 159.87.0.0 - 159.87.255.255
CIDR: 159.87.0.0/16
OriginAS:
NetName: AZSTATE
NetHandle: NET-159-87-0-0-1
Parent: NET-159-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
RegDate: 1992-03-25
Updated: 2005-08-16
Ref:
http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-159-87-0-0-1OrgName: Arizona State Government
OrgId: ASG-9
Address: 100 N. 15th Ave., Suite 400
City: Phoenix
StateProv: AZ
PostalCode: 85007
Country: US
RegDate: 1992-03-25
Updated: 2006-10-23
Ref:
http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/ASG-9OrgTechHandle: AKU20-ARIN
OrgTechName: Ulrey, Anny Kao
OrgTechPhone: +1-602-364-0299
OrgTechEmail:
anny.ulrey@azdoa.govOrgTechRef:
http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/AKU20-ARINDNS records
DNS query for 111.99.87.159.in-addr.arpa returned an error from the server: NameError
name class type data time to live
www.buildtheborderfence.com IN A 159.87.99.111 300s (00:05:00)
buildtheborderfence.com IN SOA
server: dns1.az.gov
email: postmaster.email.state.az.us
serial: 2011062301
refresh: 10800
retry: 3600
expire: 604800
minimum ttl: 3600
3600s (01:00:00)