[kwlug-disc] Trace spam email back to source

[Doug Moen]

Hi Yasin. In Gmail, there is an icon with 3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the frame, when you are viewing an email message. Click on that icon to get a menu, then select "Show Original". The information you want (source IP address, etc) is there.

Your friend's email need not have been hacked in order for you to get this message. All the spammer needs to send this message is a copy of an contact list showing that you and your friend exchange email messages. It doesn't have to be sent from your friend's email server. Lots of mobile apps steal information from your address book and make the stolen information available to criminals. This could have happened to you, or your friend, or even somebody else in your social circle.

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020, at 2:50 PM, Yas Adem 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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