Tracking location of sender via email id?
JR asked:
Hi there, Ron here. Can anybody help me on this?.Its question of finding a fraud. He has looted more than 2 people of a total of over 50 lakh rupees. This guy is a mystery now and on the run. All i have is an email id. I need to know if v can track location of this person via an email id. GMT time specifies current location but to know where and when is this email id being used. Yahoo Administrator is also requested to provide me a solution in this as both IDs are yahoo ID’s.
Hi there, Ron here. Can anybody help me on this?.Its question of finding a fraud. He has looted more than 2 people of a total of over 50 lakh rupees. This guy is a mystery now and on the run. All i have is an email id. I need to know if v can track location of this person via an email id. GMT time specifies current location but to know where and when is this email id being used. Yahoo Administrator is also requested to provide me a solution in this as both IDs are yahoo ID’s.
Please get back to me if you can help me..treat this as top urgent matter.
Ron
SOLOMON
CHASE
Governmental law strictly limits the information that online service providers like Yahoo! may disclose about their users. However, the email message itself does contain some information relating to the sender’s identity. In the headers of email messages sent via Yahoo! Mail, an Internet Protocol (IP) address that corresponds to the sender’s Internet service provider (ISP) is included.
Provided that you have opted to display “full headers” in your email application, you should find a line in the email message that contains an 8 to 12 digit number, separated by periods. It should look something like this:
Received: from [123.456.78.91] by . . .
The “123.456.78.91″ represents the unique IP address of the sender’s ISP. Once you have identified the IP address, you can run a “whois” search to determine which ISP provides this person with Internet access.
There are several utilities available on the web to run a whois search. Here’s one web site that can help you to determine which service provider is responsible for the IP address:
If the spam or abusive email is being sent from a Yahoo! Mail account, please forward an unedited copy of the message with full headers to.
If the unsolicited email originates from a Yahoo! International Mail account (i.e., or) please send a report to the appropriate Yahoo! Customer Care Team.
We will evaluate the situation and take action as per our Terms of Service. Spamming from a Yahoo! Mail account is not acceptable.