| Unsolicited commercial emails (UCE), commonly known | | | | site, such as in their F.A.Q section. Nonetheless, if you |
| as spam, are an unfortunate part of having an email | | | | are still not sure, you can always go ahead with your |
| account. However, what is worse than receiving email | | | | search by entering in the address you wish to |
| messages that you know are junk, is receiving | | | | investigate to see if any results are returned. |
| electronic mail that appears legitimate because you | | | | To ensure the best results, make sure you enter the |
| recognize the email hostname (I.E. Gmail), but you are | | | | email in correctly (I.E. include any necessary dots or |
| not familiar with the senders address and are unsure | | | | underscores, and ensure the domain is correct - not |
| of their integrity. | | | | gmail.net). |
| If this situation occurs, you may feel that the message | | | | If you are unable to obtain free results with one |
| could contain questionable content. Thus, it is best not | | | | reverse lookup, be sure to try others before giving up. |
| to open the mail and instead try to find out information | | | | If you are still unsuccessful, understand that this does |
| on the email owner, such as their name, IP address, | | | | not mean the address you are looking up does not |
| location, and any other details that can be provided. | | | | exist or is automatically spam. The reason is free email |
| Why shouldn't you open the e-mail and/or respond to | | | | directories are limited and most of the emails listed in |
| the sender to inquire who they are, especially if the | | | | their database are from email consumers who chose |
| sender is using a trusted and well known web mail | | | | to opt in. |
| provider, such as Gmail? | | | | What can you do next? If you would still like to |
| First of all, the message could contain malicious | | | | continue on the no-cost search route, you can attempt |
| content, such as a virus, spyware or malware. | | | | to trace the email senders IP address, which can be |
| Secondly, it might not be a good idea to initiate contact | | | | found in the email message headers. You can access |
| with the sender because you don't know their | | | | headers through your email client. Once you have the |
| intentions or if they even exist, as the message could | | | | IP address you can run a trace on it with a website |
| very well be spam. Hence, what you should do is | | | | that provides this service. Tracking an IP should at |
| lookup the electronic mail address in a reverse email | | | | least provide you with the geographical location of the |
| lookup online. | | | | email sender's computer (I.E. the country, region they |
| If the address you would like to look up is associated | | | | are located in, etc.) |
| with Google mail, you will need to find a reverse email | | | | Last, but not least, you always have the option to pay |
| search that includes Gmail addresses in its directory. | | | | for a premium mail email address lookup service. It is |
| You can achieve this by including the word "Gmail" in | | | | likely you will be provided with some of the details you |
| your general web search for a reverse e-mail | | | | are looking for including the mystery email sender's |
| directory. You can also discover this information by | | | | name, address and possibly some demographic details, |
| looking to see if the website that provides the reverse | | | | because pay lookups typically use better technology, |
| lookup service lists the subdomains it features on their | | | | such as web 2.0 technology, to conduct their searches. |