I received an email by some one that is using an email address to
cover their real ID. The email was sent to my yahoo email and I think
I know whom it was email from and there is a restraining order against
that person. Can you please help me. I kapt the original in my yahoo
inbox. Also if you can find whom created the inbox it was emailed
from?
Thank you. cat |
Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
09 Jun 2005 07:30 PDT
catd69-ga,
You were wise not to post the details of the offending email here...it
is against GA policy to include any personal contact information such
as email addresses.
For that reason, you should NOT post header information here.
However, the advice to examine the headers yourself is good advice.
Here's how to do it.
Open up the email in question in your Yahoo mail box.
At the top of the email -- right above the line with the boxes
{DELETE] [REPLY] [FORWARD] etc -- you'll see a line with the following
options:
Previous | Next | Back to Messages................Printable View - Full Headers
The "Full Headers" option is all the way on the right-hand side.
Click on this, and you'll see a lot of additional information about
where the email came from, and the path it took to get to your inbox.
A lot of the info will be gobbledeygook -- don't worry about it. But
look for anything that seems familiar in terms of a name or email
address of the individual in question.
Good luck. This is a long-shot. As was noted below, it's very hard
to "unmask" the sender of an email who chooses to be anonymous.
Let us know if this helps at all.
pafalafa-ga
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Request for Question Clarification by
politicalguru-ga
on
10 Jun 2005 05:51 PDT
Dear Cat,
There are several ways to deal with it. However, I must agree with DJ
Baker, that it is likely to be impossible to know for sure without a
court-order. In any case:
1 - Did Pafalafa-ga's solution (to find the full headers) helped? If
not, tell me so, and I'll guide you step by step.
2 - Do you want me to give you an answer based on your options in such
cases (which are pretty limited)? Are you satisfied with the solution
presented by Pafalafa-ga (and would like him to answer the question)?
Tell us how we could help you further!
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Clarification of Question by
catd69-ga
on
10 Jun 2005 07:46 PDT
politicalguru I did find the full header and may be you can help me
explaine what is on the header and also what do I have to ask the
court to obtain the court order? Let me know if you can help me and I
will email you the full header.
cat
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Request for Question Clarification by
politicalguru-ga
on
10 Jun 2005 07:57 PDT
Cat,
Where do you live (which jurisdiction)?
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Clarification of Question by
catd69-ga
on
10 Jun 2005 11:53 PDT
Political guru I live in Marina Del Rey, California.
cat
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
11 Jun 2005 15:00 PDT
Hello Cat,
I hope you don't mind having two researchers -- politicalguru and me
(pafalafa-ga) -- working on your question at the same time.
I saw your last note, and just wanted to offer some comments:
>><...Let me know if you can help me and I will email you the full header...<<
Sorry, but you can't email us anything in private -- all information
exchanged at Google Answers is posted right here in these text boxes
for all the world to see.
>>...I did find the full header and may be you can help me explaine
what is on the header...<<
Reviewing the headers would probably not do very much good. If there
was a recognizable address in the headers, you probably would have
spotted it. And if not, the rest of the information is only of
limited value.
>>...what do I have to ask the court to obtain the court order...<<
You didn't mention anything about the content of the email you
received, but if it is threatening or excessively harassing, then the
authorities would likely be willing to investigate. The only real
hope of identifying the source of the email would be an investigation
by law enforcement. However, they would not undertake such an
investigation lightly. In other words, if you only suspect that this
originated from the person with the restraining order, that suspicion
may not, by itself, be enough to convince authorities to investigate.
However, if there are clear warning signs in the message -- or if the
emails turn harassing -- then they may be willing to investigate.
Let us know if you'd like some information on how to file a complaint.
If so, we can provide this as an answer to your question. Beyond
that though, I don't know of any steps you can take to investigate the
source of the email.
All the best,
pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Question by
catd69-ga
on
11 Jun 2005 17:47 PDT
Pafalafa and Politicalguru thank you for your help. I am going to
court on 6/15 and my attorney is going to ask the judge for a court
order for yahoo to give all the information about that email, it is
very disturbing and frigthening. I wanted to have more information
when I went to court that is why I asked googles questions and
information because you guys working there are the best.
Thank you very much
cat
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
11 Jun 2005 17:48 PDT
It's good to hear that your taking a firm legal step...best of luck, Cat.
paf
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