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jess7575 · 05-01-2009, 07:40 PM

Hi,

Firstly my apologies if I am posting this in the wrong forum!

I would appreciate some advice and some knowledge (technically challenged here;)) on the ease of creating fake emails from particular domains.

The problem:
A male friend of mine has been told by his crazy ex that she has been recieving emails (supposedly from me). The content of these emails is nasty and I certainly didn't send them!

The problem is that when he looked at the email on her computer when "traced" back it appears to have originated from my work domain name. The email was sent from a free UK email site.

I am confused! I know I have sent no such emails but have no idea how someone could make it appear that it came from my work in Australia (not my email i might add). I don't have access to these emails so cannot even pass them to a friend to find out what is going on.

I just wondered if this was an easy thing to fake and whether it requires any tech skill (as i believe she has as much as me!).

Thanks for any info you can give me.

Jess :)

05-01-2009, 07:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
jess7575 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Help on fake email - personal attack Hi, Firstly my apologies if I am posting this in the wrong forum! I would appreciate some advice and some knowledge (technically challenged here;)) on the ease of creating fake emails from particular domains. The problem: A male friend of mine has been told by his crazy ex that she has been recieving emails (supposedly from me). The content of these emails is nasty and I certainly didn't send them! The problem is that when he looked at the email on her computer when "traced" back it appears to have originated from my work domain name. The email was sent from a free UK email site. I am confused! I know I have sent no such emails but have no idea how someone could make it appear that it came from my work in Australia (not my email i might add). I don't have access to these emails so cannot even pass them to a friend to find out what is going on. I just wondered if this was an easy thing to fake and whether it requires any tech skill (as i believe she has as much as me!). Thanks for any info you can give me. Jess :)