Frank Larry needs to book at my Facility

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luisortiz
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Frank Larry needs to book at my Facility

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Does anyone know if there's a way of getting more detail of emails, than what gmail gives? Mr Frank Larry is using 2 email addresses: frank.larry5@yahoo.co.uk and frank.larry1@yahoo.co.uk
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Frank Larry <frank.larry5@yahoo.co.uk> to mekoax
show details 2:36 pm (2 hours ago)
Goodday Sir/Madam,

I will like to book reservation for a group of 8 students, from Kings College London
coming from 20th to 30th May 2008.

Arrival: 20th May
Depature:30th May
I will like to know if the dates mentioned above are free,so that we
can book reservations immediately. We will need 4 double rooms.Also
inform me of your rates in as well as the total cost of our stay in
your facility for the 10 days. Thank you and have a nice day.

Kind Regards,
Frank Larry
Frank.larry1@yahoo.co.uk
+447024010772
http://www.villaorleanspr.com
http:/www.secretgardenartgallerypr.com/
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Post by Paul Carmel »

"Does anyone know if there's a way of getting more detail of emails, than what gmail gives?"

Reading Email Headers

The answer is very simple. Since most scammers use Yahoo!, finding their IP address is fairly simple. First, we will look at a typical header from an email sent to my gmail account from a scammer using Yahoo!. (email addresses have been replaced with "xxxscammer@yahoo.com or xxxbaiter@gmail.com" to prevent box killing)

X-Gmail-Received: 3aea05e30c6ec9798d6c51537eaebadfa6d600fd
Delivered-To: xxxbaiter@gmail.com
Received: by 10.64.27.17 with SMTP id a17cs505121qba;
Fri, 8 Sep 2006 12:02:49 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.70.29.7 with SMTP id c7mr737346wxc;
Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:02:48 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <xxxscammer@yahoo.com>
Received: from web57215.mail.re3.yahoo.com (web57215.mail.re3.yahoo.com [216.252.111.231])
by mx.gmail.com with SMTP id h40si3005666wxd.2006.09.08.12.02.47;
Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:02:48 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: pass (gmail.com: domain of xxxscammer@yahoo.com designates 216.252.111.231 as permitted sender)
DomainKey-Status: good (test mode)
Received: (qmail 92842 invoked by uid 60001); 8 Sep 2006 19:02:47 -0000
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws;
s=s1024; d=yahoo.com;
h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-
Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding;
b=FW475h+KQ0l5uOS0HzHoOAYdM5Z3
+htGaFFzrlKhR6BI0ezNCSaB/JfK8fGO
jlwwXSu5gm/kH4R3IpBPImhJLFUqoIfQeA
UdAIQq7nDjsipcFcdw/PdSocGWbe2
DLeSDLiva0hm+KVakxSeSITHHENjF06k4IsndnXsrsqICyXg= ;
Message-ID: <20060908190247.92840.qmail@web57215.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Received: from [209.159.166.122] by web57215.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:02:47 PDT
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 12:02:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: XXX Scammer <xxxscammer@yahoo.com>
Subject: MY IP ADDRESS IS NAKED AS A NEWBORN BABY!
To: XXX Baiter <xxxbaiter@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1a7adfd70609070650y227ac44al796b19033acbcc30@mail.gmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1932846235-1157742167=:91815"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

--0-1932846235-1157742167=:91815
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit


When reading a header to find the IP address, start from the bottom and work your way up. The sender's IP address is usually the first one from the bottom, sometimes the second. In the case of this header, the sender's IP address is 209.159.166.122.

Now that we have the scammer's IP address, let's see where he is. Copy that IP address and go to http://www.dnsstuff.com . Choose an option that fits your IP (or domain name) tracing needs, paste it in the field and click the button. This will usually show you who OWNS the IP address block. If you are looking for a geographic location, try http://www.ip2location.com/free.asp ...

No IP address lookup is 100% accurate. In the case of this particular scammer, the IP address is located in Nigeria and his ISP is "Direct On PC". However, sometimes this can be deceiving. Alot of scammers use satellite internet providers, which will make them appear to be in Australia, Isreal, Utah and several other locations. Please remember, scammers can come from any country or any walk of life and are just as able to trace your IP addresses.
Cheers
PC
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