We are in the middle of our divorce and he tried and got information by getting into my email, using my personal details and pretending I forgot my secret code. How can I prove it?
2006-10-02 02:01:59 · 12 answers · asked by Fiona C 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
If he was able to sucker Customer Service with that approach, then you should contact your e-mail provider and register a formal complaint. They should be aware of that loophole in their process and demand more rigorous "proof of identity."
I don't know if they log IP addresses (i.e., the numerical "address" of the computer he used to access your e-mail). If they do, they could feasible tell you where he logged in from. But this doesn't prove it was HIM who did it, and if the computer was a public computer (such as in a local library), then it could have been anyone and he can't be tied to the crime.
The best outcome is for the IP to tie directly to his personal residence -- so someone in his house would have had to be the culprit (then it's circumstantial guilt).
The first thing to do is change your password to your current account, then contact the provider and tell them what happened, and steps to take (i.e., call your cell phone to confirm) if someone calls and tries to pull the same stunt again. They should be able to make a note on your account, that they'll see if your husband calls again, and this way they can catch him.
Another thing you can do is to create another e-mail address elsewhere, to which you send all your sensitive information. He should not be aware of this e-mail address. Thus, all your "personal" stuff can go to that account.
As an alternative (I don't really recommend it, but it's funny enough to mention), if you feel particularly mischevious, you can stock your current account with fake e-mails that he would see and try to use to support his claim in court... information that would then be shown to be wrong and thus ruin his case. (And he wouldn't be able to admit where he got the information either, without further setting himself up for trouble -- since he'd have to admit to breaking into your account.)
2006-10-02 02:16:12 · answer #1 · answered by Jennywocky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your husband and you live seperate it can be proven, but I think you will need a courtorder to get the information from the telephone/cable company, for the provider can check it by IP adress. If you still live together you cannot do anything...Good Luck
2006-10-02 09:07:24 · answer #2 · answered by MARIANNE G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could you prove you DID NOT give your ex husband your password? It sounds impossible and very likely it is... that's why so much importance is stressed towards protecting your password and installing spy-ware and spam protection on your computers.
2006-10-02 09:14:53 · answer #3 · answered by E. Gads 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best thing is to get a new email and start over. yahoo and other email do not block just one IP so you need to just get a new email ... good luck
2006-10-02 09:05:52 · answer #4 · answered by celticdragon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the only way to prove it is to prove you were away from the computer at the time of login, or (check w/your state laws first) record him admitting it....
change your passwords for everything!
2006-10-02 09:06:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't, best thing to do is close your email permenantly and reopen another one. There is no way to track or prove he did it.
2006-10-02 09:06:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares.... surly there was nothing incriminating in there anyway right???
All you can do is set up an account with a new provider and DON'T give him your address.
2006-10-02 09:05:05 · answer #7 · answered by shughes2000_2000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you would need to be able to prove that no one else could have done it - darn near impossible
2006-10-02 09:09:08 · answer #8 · answered by roadrunner426440 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
set up a video camera to catch him looking through your e-mails that's wrong!
2006-10-02 09:48:23 · answer #9 · answered by Crystal S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
report to yahoo...delete ur account and start a new one elsewhere...you can sue him for breaking into ur personal things...
2006-10-02 09:13:01 · answer #10 · answered by cuteangel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋