Friday, 6 June 2014
How to find the location of email sender in Gmail
Hey guys, today we are going to see the real location of the unknown or known email sender in Gmail.
Gmail is one of the most popular free email service by world's greatest Company and the best Search engine, Google. What makes it popular is its unique features, Chat box, auto spam detection, filters and many more. This is the reason why millions of people are using Gmail, including me and maybe also you.
Now, when you'll use Gmail, there are chances when you receive mails from unknown senders.
So, today I'll help you in identifying that sender.
What are we gonna do?
We are going to use the ip address of the email and then track the location of the sender.
So let's get started: -
Step 1.
Open the email of which you want to see the sender's location.
Step 2.
After the Reply button, there is a drop-down option. Click on that and select Show Original.
Step 3.
A new tab in your browser will open.
Step 4.
Search for Received: from. In that line you'll find a number like 123.12.34.56, that is the ip address. Copy it.
For finding Received: from, press Ctrl+F, and paste this into the box which'll appear on the top right corner.
Step 5.
There are some websites which will help you to identify the sender's location with the help of ip address.
1. SpamId
According to me, this is the best website to find the location of the email sender. Just click on Real Time Ip Locator on the left pane > Paste the ip in the box provided > Click on Where is it? It'll give you the location and an option to look it on Google Maps.
It's an easy to use tool to directly look for the ip address you have provided on the map.
Now after having a look on the location of that person, you might want to know more about him, in case you have a feeling that you know him.
For that, you can do the following things: -
1. Search them on Online People Search Directories
- Spokeo, a very powerful People Search directory will help you get some information about the person by collecting information from some online and offline sources.Online souces include Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc. which means it is definitely going to help in most cases.But you need to purchase its full access for $3.95/month.
- Pipl, is an alternative for Spokeo but less effective, try your luck and search your sender's email in Pipl. It is free.
2. Simply search them on Facebook
As Facebook being the most popular Social website, there are chances that your unknown sender has also registered on Facebook. Simply paste his email address in the search box and see whether he is there. If he's there you've got your sender.
For ex -
Now, it depends upon the search results, if you've found a known person, get connected with him/her. If not, simply spam him.
Now, it depends upon the search results, if you've found a known person, get connected with him/her. If not, simply spam him.
Hope this has helped.
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ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Sanjith....
Deleteit seems as though that Yahoo have changed something, as i we now cannot find the IP address from the header of an email sent from a yahoo email address
ReplyDeleteIf you have any solutions
then Please email me at - thlimest@gmail.com
I'll get to you in touch as soon as possible....
Deletethanks for the query...
this is not working now..gmail is no more sharing ip
ReplyDeleteit's working fine brother....i've rechecked it and everything was fine....just retry once, maybe you were missing something...
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