baza31
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as above. Bit creepy really but a friends wife died last month and yesterday he got an email off her email address saying "ever fancied going to a far away place?" it was typed , no spam no attachment or nothing . He was very upset yesterday and spooked. Can an email be traced?
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Sam
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That sounds a bit fucked up?!
Copy and paste the full email details in here including the "headers" and we can try to find out where it originated from.
(block out the email address of his wife if you want)
[Edited on 03-05-2011 by Sam]
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Fro
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Send all the info to Lawrah she'll backtrace the mofo in seconds.
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Russ
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Lawrah
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Thats fucking mental.
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baza31
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its very fucked up, ill see if he will forward it to me and ill post. bit like treading on egg shells bringing it up tho . can it be done without going on his pc then?
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Russ
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no, you can only send emails from his pc
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Steve
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reply imo, see what happens
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baza31
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quote: Originally posted by Russ
no, you can only send emails from his pc
no need for sarcasm , i am no computer expert , how can it be traced by words and her email address tho?
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Sam
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If his wife's email was with a web based provider like Hotmail or Gmail then yes but obviously you will need the login details...
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moka
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quote: Originally posted by baza31
as above. Bit creepy really but a friends wife died last month and yesterday he got an email off her email address saying "ever fancied going to a far away place?" it was typed , no spam no attachment or nothing . He was very upset yesterday and spooked. Can an email be traced?
Creepy, but how are you so certain it was 'typed'. I mean obviously it was typed, but it could have been a generated spam message... I used to get random stuff like that now and then with an old email account.
Is that a quote of the exact message?
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baza31
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is there any way he could do it? as am sure he wouldnt want people seeing her emails . It was hotmail
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adiohead
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IP address will be in the headers.
Password was probably phished before she died.
I backtraced a blank email the other day and told the guy he'd sent it by accident
also, might not even be from her email account and just made to look like it originated from her address.
I've got emails that have appeared to come from myself, but are usually trying to sell me penis pills (which I probably need)
[Edited on 03-05-2011 by adiohead]
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baza31
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quote: Originally posted by moka
quote: Originally posted by baza31
as above. Bit creepy really but a friends wife died last month and yesterday he got an email off her email address saying "ever fancied going to a far away place?" it was typed , no spam no attachment or nothing . He was very upset yesterday and spooked. Can an email be traced?
Creepy, but how are you so certain it was 'typed'. I mean obviously it was typed, but it could have been a generated spam message... I used to get random stuff like that now and then with an old email account.
Is that a quote of the exact message?
yes
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Russ
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Maybe he is lonely, and made it up, as he misses her or wants attention? People make up all kinds of things
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moka
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quote: Originally posted by Russ
Maybe he is lonely, and made it up, as he misses her or wants attention? People make up all kinds of things
Possible, or maybe it was just a random spam message. Still though, bit creepy.
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adiohead
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quote: Originally posted by Russ
Maybe he is lonely, and made it up, as he misses her or wants attention? People make up all kinds of things
Jimmy Bennett
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3CorsaMeal
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http://www.johnru.com/active-whois/trace-email.html
http://aruljohn.com/info/howtofindipaddress/
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Russ
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quote: Originally posted by adiohead
quote: Originally posted by Russ
Maybe he is lonely, and made it up, as he misses her or wants attention? People make up all kinds of things
Jimmy Bennett
I was more thinking Baza31FocusRSMoneyInTheLoft
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adiohead
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quote: Originally posted by Russ
quote: Originally posted by adiohead
quote: Originally posted by Russ
Maybe he is lonely, and made it up, as he misses her or wants attention? People make up all kinds of things
Jimmy Bennett
I was more thinking Baza31FocusRSMoneyInTheLoft
quote: Originally posted by Russ
Jimmy Bennet
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Russ
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baza31
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quote: Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
http://www.johnru.com/active-whois/trace-email.html
http://aruljohn.com/info/howtofindipaddress/
cheers
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baza31
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quote: Originally posted by Russ
quote: Originally posted by adiohead
quote: Originally posted by Russ
Maybe he is lonely, and made it up, as he misses her or wants attention? People make up all kinds of things
Jimmy Bennett
I was more thinking Baza31FocusRSMoneyInTheLoft
give your head a shake
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pow
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It MAY not have been from her email address, just spoofed to look like it.
Be interesting to see the SMTP records.
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Russ
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quote: Originally posted by baza31
quote: Originally posted by Russ
quote: Originally posted by adiohead
quote: Originally posted by Russ
Maybe he is lonely, and made it up, as he misses her or wants attention? People make up all kinds of things
Jimmy Bennett
I was more thinking Baza31FocusRSMoneyInTheLoft
give your head a shake
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