| Do you want to learn how to do a reverse email | | | | your email provider conceals these headers. Once you |
| search? Everyone uses email these days. It is a quick | | | | find out how to reveal the headers in the email, then |
| and easy way to communicate with anyone all over | | | | you can begin to look for the information that will help |
| the world. But unfortunately, dishonest people like to | | | | you track an email address. |
| use emails to spam you or to scam you. Some of | | | | Once you have the header exposed, look carefully for |
| these emails will promise you a lot of money or ask | | | | a section that is labeled "received from." This is a very |
| you to verify your bank account. In essence, what | | | | important part of the header because is shows you |
| these spammers are doing is collecting your private | | | | which machine is sending out the messages and which |
| information in an attempt to steal money from you. If | | | | machine is accepting the message. |
| you think that you are receiving these types of emails | | | | In this section of the header, you will see an IP address. |
| then you need to learn how to track an email address. | | | | You can easily spot this because it is a series of |
| If you can learn how to do this, you may be able to | | | | numbers that are broken up by periods. This IP |
| find the person that is trying to collect your personal | | | | address can be plugged into a reverse DNS lookup |
| information and have the authorities take care of them. | | | | service that can be found on the Internet. There are a |
| Learning how to do a reverse email search is not that | | | | few free to use service providers available. This IP |
| hard once you learn the components of an email | | | | address will reveal the user's ISP or employer. |
| address. This is the most important and critical step to | | | | Another thing that you can do once you have the ISP |
| take before you begin to track an email address. | | | | address is to locate a service that will show you |
| The header is the part of the email address that you | | | | where the ISP is located geographically. You can |
| will be using to do a reverse email search. It contains all | | | | narrow this down by city and state which will make it |
| the information that you need to find out where the | | | | easier to track down the sender. |
| emails are coming from. But if you have ever seen a | | | | So now you have the information on how to track an |
| header in an email address, you know that all of those | | | | email address. This system will not always be |
| words and numbers can be quite confusing. So how | | | | successful if a spammer is using a fake "received |
| do you know what to look for? | | | | from" header. There is always the option to use a |
| It is important to note here that if you don't know how | | | | email tracking service if you have trouble doing it |
| to uncover the headers in your emails, then you need | | | | yourself. But you can learn how to do a reverse email |
| to do a search online that will tell you specifically how | | | | search. |