Friends and I have received emails from someone that shows up using my IP address but I know for sure the person does not have access to my computer (they did at one time but that has been several months ago). How can someone send emails from another computer through my own computer so that it shows the email coming from my IP address? The person lives in another state so I know they aren't using my connection. I’m really confused about this whole ordeal. Can someone help explain?
2007-04-10 13:03:57 · 6 answers · asked by bob bob 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Unless you have a dedicated static IP address from your isp, you are sharing an IP address with however many folks your isp can stuff onto a single line. So it's not unreasonable to imagine that someone using aol in oregon, could have their mail routed through aol's main email server in washington, plus folks in colorado might also get their mail routed through that same email server in washington. It also is not out of line to assume that the IP address is one that the isp uses for all of it's email traffic regardless of location (do a dns lookup) in order to better route it's traffic flow & bandwidth usage.
Which is why the email date stamps on emails from a isp like netzero (example) will look goofy to someone in the central timezone because the mail servers are on the east coast.
Or the email could just be spoofed. It's redicuously easy to do.
2007-04-10 13:21:32 · answer #1 · answered by low_on_ram 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a spoofed IP address, to hide the whereabouts of the perpetrator. You can ask your Internet provider, for a new IP address, and let them know about it, it would be in their favor, to find this person and have them arrested. Or at the very least have their access cut off.
2007-04-10 13:09:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The IP can be spoofed, but I'm guessing it's not. Do as the others have said: scan for viruses and spyware, enable or install a firewall. Also, do they receive emails with your email address in it, or just your IP? If it's your IP it could be someone hopped on your wireless router, if you have one. HTH
2016-05-17 06:29:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not possiblle..... everytime you log on to the internet you get a new IP adress and the only way to get that IP address is through your ISP company,,
so always switch of your computer every night,, switch off your modem also.... if you keep both on all the time you will keep the same IP address
2007-04-10 13:21:57 · answer #4 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kind of IP address is it? If it is a 192.168.x.x address, that explains it. 192.168.x.x is a private IP address, and everybody and their brother has that address range on their home networks. Otherwise - you are being spoofed.
2007-04-10 13:22:25 · answer #5 · answered by IT_Security 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are spoofing the IP (inserting it into the header).
2007-04-10 13:08:03 · answer #6 · answered by m34tba11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋