My friend's little sister is geting harassing emails from a person she doesnt know?

Question

I was able to find out that the person lives in the same city as her but she would like to know if it is a friend playing tricks or if it is some real creep. Is there anyway to figure out an intersection or somthing where the emails are coming from? We have an email header, an email address, and a fake name. any ideas?

Answer 1

I agree that the emails should be reported. If they have real threats then they are illegal and the police will track down who is sending them.

Tracking the IP will only lead to the ISP and not the person's specific address or name. The police can force the ISP to provide that detail if the threats are criminal.

Answer 2

Last year, I started getting a flood of e-mails containing viruses in their attachments. I managed to locate the exact computer that was involved. I live in Chicago, and the computer was located at the ***** Community Center in Indianapolis, IN. I don't remember exactly what I did, but I'll try to piece it together for you.

I use Microsoft Outlook. I right clicked on the e-mail note, and clicked Options." I got abundant information, which allowed me to track the e-mail note all the way back to its origin. It said something like "(HELO djohns)" followed by the IP address of the computer. "djohns" was the computer name.

I used the IP address and something like Whois to isolate it to the ***** Center. I searched the Internet and found that the head of the center has last name Johns and first initial D. From the Internet site, I found his e-mail address, and I sent him a note asking about the matter. Note that the e-mail address that you see might be phony.

I'm not sure, but I think at some point I just entered "djohns" into the computer and immediately came up with his e-mail address and the ***** Center.

He was concerned, so he got an investigator. They probably knew who did it because it was his computer the culprit had used. They didn't tell me who it was, so I never busted anyone.

I hope all the above details are correct. I'm just pulling this from off the top of my head. With a little luck, the combination of IP address, computer name, and a couple of Internet searches might allow you to nab the culprit.

Answer 3

Yes, you can get the IP address on them, and then look it up with and IP address locator (http://www.geobytes.com/iplocator.htm).

To look at the IP address on the email, sometimes you have to look at options, or advanced settings.

Answer 4

I suggest you contact the ISP of the e-mail and submit a complaint. They can trace the person much easier.

Answer 5

what is rong with them tell there pearent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!