Free tool
Link X-ray
Paste an address from a text message or email. The X-ray takes it apart and shows who really owns it – and what to look out for.
Only your browser looks at the address. We don’t send it anywhere, we don’t store it and we don’t open the page behind it.
How to read a web address
Skip the ‘https://’ at the start. Then find the first slash ‘/’ – what counts is the name with its ending just before it. Anything in front of that name can be made up by anyone.
- https://The very beginning
- post-office.The beginning – anyone can write this (a disguise)
- redelivery-onlineName
- .comEnding
The real owner of the address – this is what counts
- /parcelPage inside the site
- ?id=48213After the question mark
A made-up address: the page pretends to be the post office, but it belongs to redelivery-online.com.
Or try an example. These addresses are made up and lead nowhere:
What the X-ray can and can’t do
- It shows who owns the address and points out well-known tricks: a disguise at the beginning, the @ sign, lookalike letters, a number instead of a name, or a link shortener.
- It can’t tell whether a page is a scam. A scammer can also register a name that looks perfectly ordinary.
- It doesn’t open the page or send the address anywhere. Everything happens in your browser.
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