Tracking someone down via an e-mail?

so hes e-mailing from an e-mail owned by his Dad's pub, the sent IP is somewhere in Texas... he doesn't seem to have appeared on any information, or related companys in the US I assume? Have you handed over the IP to the fuzz? they should have the abilitys to get the ISP to hand over the address and get the US cops to go knocking on his door...


otherwise you *could* go all black hat and try and catch his machine online and see if its got any back doors open? proberbly not the best idea thou....

social engineering might be your best bet on this one - lead him waaaay up the path and make him think hes about to get a big deal then get him to give away his location...
 
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The domain is a UK domain registered to his Dad's pub - he hasn't been in the US for too long , he first disappeared there a few months ago when all this started.

We have given details once every weeks to the police in the UK , but nothing has come out of it, doesn't seem like they're doing much about it at all.

I know his girlfriend is involved in the whole thing as well , but I think she has gone to the USA as well, and she doesn't usually get in touch via e-mail.

I don't think checking for back doors etc is a good idea, seeing as I could get in crap for it and don't have a clue what I'm doing anyway :o

I'll see if I can get an address of him to deliver some stock to him and go there in person, as he doesn't know he's dealing with me yet but will be tricky, fingers crossed!

Edit : Don't think it would be a wise idea to give his e-mail address out on here, don't think random people contacting him would help too much!
 
I wasn't going to contact him I was just going to see what I could do in order to try and get some more information for you.

No problem though :)
 
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I'll see if I can get an address of him to deliver some stock to him and go there in person, as he doesn't know he's dealing with me yet but will be tricky, fingers crossed!
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tis proberbly the best bet, just be careful you don't give away that you know anything about him you shouldn't, and make sure it all sounds like its going to go very well for him - people like him have a huge blindspot when it comes to makeing money.

Worst comes to the worst i'm pretty sure US imigration would love to know that hes working on whats proberbly a visitors visa :)
 
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tis proberbly the best bet, just be careful you don't give away that you know anything about him you shouldn't, and make sure it all sounds like its going to go very well for him - people like him have a huge blindspot when it comes to makeing money.

Worst comes to the worst i'm pretty sure US imigration would love to know that hes working on whats proberbly a visitors visa :)
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Yeah, definetely can't let him find out I'm onto anything - the guy isn't very smart , he used a different MSN name and tried it again on someone he knew using fake company details etc. - and this was the guy that got done the worse (around £12k I think it was)

Looks like he has updated his website "under new ownership" now located in New York instead of Glasgow - I know a few people living there so might be able to get someone to have a look at their office there - can't believe this guy is still trying to trade in the same industry and think he can get away with it just because he is in another country :mad:
 
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The picture may be a good one, maybe a smilie or even just a single pixel, it wouldnt show up to him but you could then trace his IP if he decides to go quiet all of a sudden.
 
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What will you do when you track him down? You say the police aren't interested so I can't see what you are hoping to achieve.

Good luck to you though. Wish more people went to the trouble of persuing scammers rather than just moaning.
 
Who in the uk is in charge of Internet crime? Do we have a specialised police dept for it? If so, would it not be of interest to speak directly to them after all he is using the net to run his scams.

What you really need to do is to bring a 3rd party in on this, obviously im unsure of the details of the business etc but can you not tell this guy that you know someone that may be interested in whatever he is doing. Either investing or buying/selling stock etc, tell him he is serious and has money to play with. Someone he doesnt know (maybe a private investigator) who as the deal is so big would want a face to face meeting with him to discuss everything.

After the first face to face meeting, tell him that the 3rd party wants to sign contracts face-to-face and thats when you get the police involved.
 
Well , not a good turnout for now.

Since the last e-mail to him where I sent him pictures of the stock he wanted to buy to prove it is physical, he hasn't been in touch and using this picture to show it as his own stock :rolleyes:

The US police have also been involved for a while, nothing has come out of that either.
 
You tried contacting this arm of the FBI?

http://www.ic3.gov/

Internet crime is defined as any illegal activity involving one or more components of the Internet, such as websites, chat rooms, and/or email. Internet crime involves the use of the Internet to communicate false or fraudulent representations to consumers. These crimes may include, but are not limited to, advance-fee schemes, non-delivery of goods or services, computer hacking, or employment/business opportunity schemes.
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