IP Address Tracker - The Best Way to Locate a Scam Artist

Have you received an email that sounds a little too good to be true? Or is your gut telling you that something isn't right? Wish you could locate exactly where that email came from? Well now you can. Every computer that is connected to the Internet has what is called an IP address. Similar to a phone number, an IP address is unique to every computer, which indicates Geographically where the particular computer is located.

When you receive an email, you receive more than just the message. The email comes with headers that carry important information that can tell where the email was sent from and possibly who sent it. For that, you would need to find the IP address of the sender. The tutorial below can help you find the IP address of the sender. Note that this will not work if the sender uses anonymous proxy servers.

First of all, the IP address is generally found in the headers enclosed beween square brackets, for instance, [129.130.1.1]

Finding IP address in Gmail
1. Log into your Gmail account with your username and password.
2. Open the mail.
3. To display the email headers, Click on the inverted triangle beside Reply. Select Show Orginal.
4. Look for Received: from followed by the IP address between square brackets [ ].

Example: Received: from [69.138.30.1] by web31804.mail.mud.yahoo.com

5. If you find more than one Received: from patterns, select the last one.
6. Track the IP address of the sender

Finding IP address in Yahoo! Mail

1. Log into your Yahoo! mail with your username and password.
2. Click on Inbox or whichever folder you have stored your mail.
3. Open the mail.
4. If you do not see the headers above the mail message, your headers are not displayed. To display the headers,
• Click on Options on the top-right corner
• In the Mail Options page, click on General Preferences
• Scroll down to Messages where you have the Headers option
• Make sure that Show all headers on incoming messages is selected
• Click on the Save button
• Go back to the mails and open that mail
• Look for Received: from followed by the IP address between square brackets [ ]. Example: 202.65.138.109.
  That is be the IP address of the sender.
  If there are many instances of Received: from with the IP address, select the IP address in the last pattern. If there are no instances of Received: from with the IP address, select the first IP address in X-Originating-IP.
5. Track the IP address of the sender

Finding IP address in Hotmail

1. Log into your Hotmail account with your username and password.
2. Click on the Mail tab on the top.
3. Open the mail.
4. If you do not see the headers above the mail message, your headers are not displayed. To display the headers,
   • Click on Options on the top-right corner
   • In the Mail Options page, click on Mail Display Settings
   • In Message Headers, make sure Advanced option is checked
   • Click on Ok button
   • Go back to the mails and open that mail
5. You should see the email headers now.
6. If you find a header with X-Originating-IP: followed by an IP address, that is the sender's IP address
   In this case the IP address of the sender is [68.34.60.59].
7. If you find a header with Received: from followed by a Gmail proxy like this
   
   Look for Received: from followed by IP address within square brackets[].
   In this case, the IP address of the sender is [69.140.7.58].

Look for Received: from followed by IP address within square brackets[].
In this case, the IP address of the sender is [61.83.145.129] (Spam mail).

1. * If you have multiple Received: from headers, eliminate the ones that have proxy.anyknownserver.com.
2. Track the IP address of the sender

If you have further question about the proceedure you can learn more here.

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Sitter City Tips and Resources

If you have been targeted by a scam artist on SitterCity please use the following link below to report the matter directy to SitterCity.

http://babysitters.sittercity.com/article/actual_scams.html

Charles Desmond - Tutor Scam

CHARLES DESMOND, has two kids (ages 8 and 5), originally from Spain, but currently residing in the UK. He is seeking an English tutor for his kids following their move to (blank) city this year. Uses the e-mail address goodalliance2008@gmail.com or manneredkid@gmail.com .

Charles Wrote: I want to pay you $1400 in advance before our arrival to the US. I will send you one of my US cashier check of $4200 which i bought the last time i came to the US.I will write the check payable to your name so you could cash it at your bank.I am sending you that much money because of my dad's sickness which i spent lots of money to rescue his life because he is so precious to me. My dad got sick couple of weeks ago which made me spent lots of money taking care of his medical bills. The cashier check is for US which is cashable at your bank and its not cashable here in UK. As soon as you receive the check, take it to the bank and cash it and deduct $1400. Then send the balance of the money to my ticket agent in London so i can buy the family ticket to fly there.

IT'S A SCAM!!!

Dan Kleeb - Scam Artist

Be on guard against:

Name: Dan Kleeb
Email Address: Kleebdankleeb@yahoo.com, kleebdan@yahoo.com

He said he has sent the money to me by UPS. I will be throwing his check away once I receive it.

Beware of Max Smith

A CL user would like us to beware of:

Name: Max Smith
Email Address: maxsmith555@gmail.com

Glad that I found this site - won't be sending my name/address, or cashing any check.

Paul Ashbaugh

Here is another Scammer to add to the growing list.

Name: Paul Ashbaugh
Email address: mytime006@gmail.com, mytime0000@gmail.com

Hi,
Thanks for the respond, I'm cool with your final price .. let me know if you will accept payment with Check as this is the only way i can make the payment because i am located in Columbia, S.C .. I don't mind offering you an extra $50 for holding the item for me. I would have loved to come take a look at it though but i will not be able to do so due to the distance and my work Schedule but i'll really appreciate a picture from you if you have that. You may reply with your name and contact address also your phone number where you will like to receive the payment. And concerning the shipment i will handle all the shipping expenses myself. I shall look forward to hearing from you soon.Here are some of the details I will need for final assurance of the payment to you. (1) Full Name(2) Mailing address, no p.o.box please(3) your direct telephone numberHear from you soon . God BlessThanks.
Regards
Paul

John Mark is Public Enemy #1

The gauntlet has been thrown down on John Mark and he is now our public enemy #1. In the past three months more people have reported his name to us than anyone else. Furthermore, our movement has caught fire and Sitter City has terminated his user name mycutelilangel and johndmark. This victory is only the beginning, as our goal is to shut this creep down once and for all. Please continue submitting any and all info that you may have on this person; especially any/all Sitter City user names.

On another note I can empathize with not receiving a job, but a solicitation to lose money. Let's face it we are not in the best of economic conditions. Perhaps you have been out of job for a while now, and were excited about the prospects of obtaining a new position. Maybe you went out and told your family and friends about this, only now to feel let down. If this is the case you should have nothing to feel embarrassed about.

Whether you are aware of it or not, you were led to this site for a reason. For some of you it was that "gut feeling" or intuition that said something is not right. Along the way I hope you took the time to realize that your not alone out there. Many people have been in the same position and can now share their experiences with the world. This empowerment is further proof of the age old saying, "While people lie, your intuition does not."

Make no mistake about it, the information compiled on this site is nothing short of information warfare for the 21st century. The scam artists featured are committed to lie, cheat, and steal in order to obtain their objectives. These objectives range from identity theft, international bank fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and so on. Keeping informed on these tactics is the best way to protect yourself from financial ruin.

In conclusion, I want to thank everyone for their contributions. This site has become more popular and receives more hits than I would have ever dreamed. Many people have reversed course and were able to step back from the ledge in the nick of time. If you have any suggestions as to how this site could be better, please feel free to leave a message in the comments section of this post. Keep the Faith!

-CL Scambuster