Is this even possible?

My friend from high school the other day was telling me how she was receiving these weird e-mails from someone and it freaked her out and what not. So she contacted the police and they were able to trace down where the e-mails were coming from. It turned out to be on the laptop of her ex. What a loser he is. Anyway, I was just wondering, is that even possible? How can they trace the e-mail back to a laptop?

What other organizations or companies can trace back e-mails once they have been sent? How is that feasible?

Re: Is this even possible?

yeah, so be careful what you do :p

Re: Is this even possible?

desi you planning to give ur ex trouble???

use libraries computer, sign in with a different name.
Police is not going to give rats A$$ evemn if some one complaints.

So Go get him.

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^^ Haha why in the world would I give him trouble? I would NEVER do that. No I didn't do anything. I just didn't believe her. I mean from a laptop? And that too an e-mail that was sent like 3 days ago?!

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nope no one wants to spent time and money on such a matter.

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don’t underestimate surveillance cameras :smokin:

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Hmm I always figured this girl was an attention seeker but don't we have technology and equipment for such things?

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Your every move is watched. :p

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yeah..its possible..

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every time u open up ur mail, there are numbers on the top. one of those numbers is the IP number. every net user has a seperate IP number. u couldve done this on your own as well since there are plenty of websites which tell who uses which connection and from where.