When you receive an email, the first thing you notice in your inbox is of course the new unopened message. Except for the topic of the conversation, if there is one, the thing that you immediately see is the sender. Usually, it is someone you know personally, like a friend or a family friend. With your work email, you will regularly receive new schedules and other important data from your superiors and other colleagues.
However, all of us have also received messages from some unknown sources. Messages like these are often put straight into the trash or spam folders. Still, we cannot help but wonder who is on the other end, why did they send this message, and how did they get our email address.
In the modern age where you have dozens of accounts on a multitude of services and platforms that more often than not have questionable security. Therefore, it is easy for experienced hackers and information thieves to peak around for a little bit and get some of the users’ digital information, especially emails. They may use it for different things, but sometimes they try to manipulate the owners with scams and frauds, sending them dodgy offers and fake prizes.
In case you were wondering if you can trace back the email and find out who is behind it, you should know there are ways this can work. Although not always possible, especially if the perpetrator is smart and knows how to cover their tracks, in some cases it is definitely possible. In this article, we will tell you how.
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1. Social Media Reverse Search
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There are multiple ways to find the owner of the email that has sent you a suspicious message, one of which is through social media. Today, everyone has accounts on at least a few popular social media platforms, most often Facebook and a couple more. One of the easiest ways to track down the user is to look them up on such a platform. It is possible that the sender has a profile associated with that particular email, so why not give it a shot? Facebook lets users explore other people with profiles through the use of email addresses, unlike some other, more secure, and serious platforms such as LinkedIn. If the perp has used the email address for a profile, Facebook will provide it for you immediately. Twitter also works sometimes, if you enter the email address in the main search bar. Platforms like these two are all about connecting people, so, therefore, they kind of have to operate through something everyone has, like emails.
2. Google Reverse Search
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You have probably thought about this yourself, as Google is the absolute best when it comes to looking for anything in the age of technology. The most popular search engine seemingly has all the answers in the world, so much so that its name has also become a verb. If you want to look for someone online using their email address, simply type it into the Google search bar and press enter. Whatever they have used that particular address for, Google is going to find it. The most relevant solutions are definitely going to be their profiles on various websites, social media platforms, and online services. If however, they have not used the email for anything, Google is not going to help you one bit. That means that they have probably created the email address with the sole purpose of messing with other people’s inboxes and data, covering their tracks further.
3. People Search
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If social media and Google reverse searches fail, all is not yet lost as you can use people search services to look for the owner of the email. Your best bet is either Pipl or Spokeo, two places where you can look up people based on their emails. Spokeo has a wider database than Pipl, but both of them are useful. Spokeo also covers popular social media platforms and may find something you missed on Google or while you were looking through a specific platform. One downside of Spokeo is that only those subscribed can reap all the benefits of this service.
4. IP Search
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Sometimes, it is possible to trace back the sender by tracking their IP address, short for Internet Protocol address. IP trackers or email address IP lookup services exist online, but to use them successfully you actually need to know the IP of the person in question. It is a very simple way of doing things once you manage to obtain it. Most email providers like Yahoo, Gmail, and Outlook contain header sections in their emails. Yahoo is the easiest one to crack among them, getting you the IP address which you can later use to track the suspicious author of the message you received. Headers often contain a lot of information about the person or service that sent the message, so make sure to check it every time.
Closing Remarks
As you have learned by now, it easy to track back emails but it takes a great amount of luck to do so. If the person who sent you an email wanted to remain anonymous and covered their tracks, there is little you can do. It will be next to impossible to learn their identity because they will not have used the email address for anything else. Therefore, you are virtually powerless. If they decided to send you an email from an email associated with some of their online profiles, it will be a walk in the park to find out who they are. Keep in mind that some emails you receive may be fake or invalid, which can also be checked. Sometimes, people utilize generators or algorithms that are designed to send large numbers of emails to various addresses. They can be timed as well, so you may receive some junk or spam messages on a daily basis. The best thing to do no matter if you learn the identity of the person is to block the email address so that they can no longer invade your privacy.
