| The last few years saw an increase in the number of | | | | check the registration and ownership information of |
| online scams and frauds. This happens due to the | | | | any domain. WHOIS is basically a response/query |
| ignorance among Internet users on how to save | | | | protocol using which information regarding IP address, |
| themselves from fraudsters. Many people still | | | | domain name, and an autonomous system number |
| donât know that with the help of a WHOIS | | | | can be extracted from databases. Normally |
| web service they can protect themselves from online | | | | Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is used for |
| fraud. Not only that, this service also safeguards public | | | | transporting WHOIS. WHOIS API is a unified interface |
| interest and helps to comply with the relevant laws. | | | | of WHOIS Lookup and WHOIS Parser. |
| But the question is how? WHOIS services are used to | | | | |