IP Addresses and the police...?

Question

My ex is forever harassing me on here... he makes up these weird emails on hotmail and emails me and threatens me at the same time... but leaves no name.. but I know its him.. if I take this to the police, would they be able to find his IP address and talk to him about it?

but there are no headers on these emails that I can see...

Answer 1

Since you didn't say what Email program your using I can't tell you how to open the header. Most have this info in the Help menu.

If Yahoo Email (old Version) look for the Words "Full Header" on the right side of the Email page. It will be either at the top or bottom, under the bar for Reply,Delete, Move etc.. Click and the full header will open. Print the Email.

For the New Beta Email the bar at the top of the viewing pane will say Compact Header or Standard Header. Click and select Full header. A seperate window Cwill appear with the full headere. Copy and paste into a new email you compose. Copy the text and paste it. The print the Email. Do not delete the email he sent. Save for the Police.

Call the police and make a report. The email you print will be takes as evidence. He is breaking new Cyber Stalking and Harassment Laws.

Answer 2

If he is using hotmail or any other provider you should contact the police and inform them of the address(es) he is using they will then contact hotmail or whatever e-mail provider he is using and notify them of the harassment. Hotmail will then give the police his IP address so he can be found and consulted about his harassment. (if thats what you're hoping for) I would contact police immediately with the copies of the e-mails along with his address. Be safe and good luck.

Answer 3

yeah, with these you need to make sure u can see the headers, of the email eg, the ip address of the emails, and if u put these into eg http://www.dnsstuff.com and use ip lookup.

Answer 4

yes