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Old Feb 24, 2005 | 05:19 PM
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got this individual emailing me and i like to know what country its coming from.
I'm using aol
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Old Feb 25, 2005 | 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by ajusaf
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got this individual emailing me and i like to know what country its coming from.
I'm using aol
http://www.samspade.org

Put in the domain name (the part after the @ sign), and you'll find out who owns it.
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Old Feb 25, 2005 | 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by sids1045
http://www.samspade.org

Put in the domain name (the part after the @ sign), and you'll find out who owns it.
that would work only if it's a legit email client.

if they're email spoofing, there's no way you'd find where it came from.
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Old Feb 25, 2005 | 05:17 AM
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if youre using outlook express, you can right click the message in the messge list, go to properties then go to the detail tab.

then go here

http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/index.jhtml

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that would work only if it's a legit email client.

if they're email spoofing, there's no way you'd find where it came from.
yep
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Old Feb 25, 2005 | 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by spankaveli
yep
that reminds me of something ...

back in college I made an email spoofer using VS.Net ... I'd send my friend emails from her own dog asking to be walked and fed. She was so distrubed by it because she had no clue how this was happeneing.

:chuckles:

come to think of it, i never told her after h:

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Old Feb 25, 2005 | 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by e3NiNe
come to think of it, i never told her after h:
:rofl: thats funny
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Old Feb 25, 2005 | 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by e3NiNe
that reminds me of something ...

back in college I made an email spoofer using VS.Net ... I'd send my friend emails from her own dog asking to be walked and fed. She was so distrubed by it because she had no clue how this was happeneing.

:chuckles:

come to think of it, i never told her after h:
hah
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Old Feb 25, 2005 | 07:21 AM
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Don't worry... just send him a few hundred dollars to help transfer the millions sitting in the account of your dead relative. Its not a scam, I promise!!!!
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Old Feb 25, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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yes you can find out.
You will need to view its source and just search from there.

Chances are they are using different proxies so it will be a strenous search.
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