[kwlug-disc] Trace spam email back to source

Khalid Baheyeldin kb at 2bits.com
Tue Jun 30 11:00:08 EDT 2020


The From address can be forged, so it is not necessarily that his email is
hacked.

If you look into the email headers, which in Gmail are under 'Show
Original', they may give a clue as to what server it came from.

But don't spend too much time on it, since it can be anything.

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 10:51 AM Yas Adem <yadem.ethio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Guys,
>
> i just received an email from friend i know and interestingly reply-to is
> different email address. This email is basically asking to purchase Google
> Play pay gift cards for him as he is in hospital helping relative, in short
> i believe his email has been hacked.  I am not expert on this butis there a
> way to trace back to thier source ip.. etc..
>
>
> Regards
> Yasin
>
>
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