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tracking down internet fraud

[Deleted User] · 2009-02-03 16:00:21

Looking for some reccomendations - Are there any companies out there that will track down fraudsters on the internet For example, If someone creates an email address in yahoo and sends malicious emails can the person be tracked down? If someone has hacked into your email accounts how can you trace back what has been done…

03-02-2009 05:00PM

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Looking for some reccomendations -

Are there any companies out there that will track down fraudsters on the internet

For example, If someone creates an email address in yahoo and sends malicious emails can the person be tracked down?
If someone has hacked into your email accounts how can you trace back what has been done

Any advice much appreciated

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#2 03-02-2009 11:21PM

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Not really.

Firstly, tracking down this kind of stuff is hard.
Secondly, nobody will give you information unless you're law enforcement, so the ISPs wouldn't (and couldn't, under data protection) give out information about one of their customers (and that's assuming you got that far).

If it's serious, talk to the Gardaí. If not, change your passwords for other sites, and hope it doesn't happen again.

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