The screenshot below shows the geographic location of the internet provider’s location.
Reporting email abuse -- such as spam, Trojans, email borne viruses and email threats -should be directed to the hacker’s internet provider. Many times you can report the IP Address and full email Internet Headers (which many times contain time-of-day information) to
the hacker’s internet provider and the internet provider can further track down the unique
end-user (by examining dates, times, login and logout logs of the stored hacker’s IP address) and they can take corrective action. Now, back to our story…
As Kevin did a little digging in the right places, and analyzed the hacker’s email, he was
able to figure out who sent Henry that nasty spam email and Kevin was able report them to
the proper authorities!
"What a clever girl you are,” said Kevin to himself. Figuring out it was Henry’s exgirlfriend who hired the hacker to steal Henry’s information so she could get back at him in
court." All of a sudden the phone rings and it’s Henry on the other end of the phone.
“Hey, thanks Kevin for helping me out!” said Henry.
“No problem, dude but listen I’ll talk to you tomorrow, okay. I’ve got other plans now”
Kevin replied.
After we both hang up the phone, I turn around quickly to see that my Dragnet video has
finished streaming on my homemade DVR box. I grabbed some popcorn, a tall glass of milk,
and then called it a night—it’s another lonely night for the Hacker Detective!
THE STORY YOU HAVE JUST READ MAY HAVE BEEN BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS.
THE NAMES WERE CHANGED TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT.
Reference
IPTrackerOnline.com. “How to extract email headers, a tutorial”. August 1, 2012. http://
www.iptrackeronline.com/how-to-extract-email-headers.php