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I use this site quite often ...it is very handy.....received this from them that others may find very useful.
Sparkie
Hello Brian,
In a recent news article just this week, industry experts have publicly stated that Email Scams are on the rise.
Here at IP-Adress.com, we have some tips you can use on our sites to trace an email address sender, and already several thousand have used this tool on our site in the last few weeks alone. After seeing both trends, we knew it was time to alert our own users of this uptick in email scams right now, and what you can do to protect yourself.
3 Helpful Tips Not To Fall Victim:
1. When you receive a suspicious email that has links in it (which most of the new scam techniques are using) hover over the link without clicking on it. Sometimes if it says in text that it is a Facebook or other popular brand link, doesn't mean it really is! When you hover, you can see the real link in the bottom of your web browser typically. If it isn't something you recognize, then delete it immediately. Good chance it is a scammer phishing for data.
2. Use our Trace Email Tool on IP-Adress.com to trace any email address. If you receive a mystery email, this tool will help you by giving you an indication if the email sender is real, and if they are, then a full report on their name and location will be made available. You can access that tool here: http://www.ip-adress.com/trace_email/
3. Another tool is our free Email Header Trace located on the same page. If you are little more technical, you can extract the email header from the sender's email address and get some basic information on the owner of it. Not quite as extensive as our full report email trace option, but it gives you some idea on where the email originated from. You can access that free tool here: http://www.ip-adress.com/trace_email/
We hope these tips will keep your email usage safer and protect you better from Email Scams.
Visit and bookmark http://www.ip-adress.com/trace_email/ to access those tools when needed, and be sure to share with friends and family to warn them.
Stay safe,
Michael Paul
Founder, IP-Adress.com
Sparkie
Hello Brian,
In a recent news article just this week, industry experts have publicly stated that Email Scams are on the rise.
Here at IP-Adress.com, we have some tips you can use on our sites to trace an email address sender, and already several thousand have used this tool on our site in the last few weeks alone. After seeing both trends, we knew it was time to alert our own users of this uptick in email scams right now, and what you can do to protect yourself.
3 Helpful Tips Not To Fall Victim:
1. When you receive a suspicious email that has links in it (which most of the new scam techniques are using) hover over the link without clicking on it. Sometimes if it says in text that it is a Facebook or other popular brand link, doesn't mean it really is! When you hover, you can see the real link in the bottom of your web browser typically. If it isn't something you recognize, then delete it immediately. Good chance it is a scammer phishing for data.
2. Use our Trace Email Tool on IP-Adress.com to trace any email address. If you receive a mystery email, this tool will help you by giving you an indication if the email sender is real, and if they are, then a full report on their name and location will be made available. You can access that tool here: http://www.ip-adress.com/trace_email/
3. Another tool is our free Email Header Trace located on the same page. If you are little more technical, you can extract the email header from the sender's email address and get some basic information on the owner of it. Not quite as extensive as our full report email trace option, but it gives you some idea on where the email originated from. You can access that free tool here: http://www.ip-adress.com/trace_email/
We hope these tips will keep your email usage safer and protect you better from Email Scams.
Visit and bookmark http://www.ip-adress.com/trace_email/ to access those tools when needed, and be sure to share with friends and family to warn them.
Stay safe,
Michael Paul
Founder, IP-Adress.com
