Tracking an email

Well first of all I don't know if this is the right forum to post this...anyway...

the thing about this tread...

I have a friend (honestly is my friend who is having a trouble ...not the kind of story of the firend of a friend lol...really not kidding), and she is getting annoying emails from a unknown sender, even tough the sender shows a name it's a fake one as well as the email... we're pretty sure this 'sender' has been created just for this matters, and it's really getting her into trouble 'cause it's sending emails to her friends and family filled with lies... so THE QUESTION (finally!!) is if any of you guys know how to track the email adress or something like that to find out or gettin closer to know who this person is?? plz guys!!

thanks in advance!!

#403346

That would be extremely difficult for even the most experienced techy on the planet, to be honest.

#403607

damn...thanks...or do you know if there is a way to hack the email account? honestly is for a good reason... this person is being a pain in the ass for my friend and it's getting her into a lot of problems and the worst part ...this things are all lies!

plz!!

#403608

Report the account to the ISP of whoever is using it. Say if it's coming from a Comcast email, report this to Comcast. They'll come down heavy on this person.

You can also attempt to do some tracking by looking at the full mail headers (how to do so depends on what mail client you're using), finding an IP address, and playing around on http://www.dnsstuff.com/. I wouldn't recommend it if you don't know what you're doing, simply because you'll quickly become lost.

I believe the first approach is the best.

-NC

#403611

If it is a hotmail acct it IS possible to get the password without being the owner of the acct. I wont say how but this is all i will say

plz dont pm me with info

#403862

ok then...yes it is in fact a hotmail account... so... can somebody tell me how to do so?

#405087

It's a form of social engineering, if you send a email with certain text in it it will rely the users password to you. This is the major flaw in yahoo and hotmail. I don't know if I can/should say because i'm pretty sure it's illegal.

#405099

i'm pretty sure you should tell us then

#407066

yeah you sould , come on!

#407087