IP traces to wrong country

DavidW6229 · 01-07-2010, 06:06 PM

Can anyone tell me when I trace an IP address its showing its from Holland when the person sending the message is from Russia??? How can this be??

I have found 2 different IP addresses from them on different emails, one shows Russia n the other one shows Holland....does this mean they have sent the emails from different location??

Many thanks

David

wimiadmin · 01-07-2010, 06:13 PM

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does this mean they have sent the emails from different location??

Not necessarily.

They could use a VPN or Proxy from a different country when sending mail therefore looking like the mail came from one location when in fact it came from some place entirely different.

If you send mail via Gmail, the IP will trace back to Google in California even though you could be halfway around the world.

DavidW6229 · 01-11-2010, 06:05 PM

Many thanks for the quick response and for posting it in the correct place :-)

David

01-07-2010, 06:06 PM	#1
DavidW6229 Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3	IP traces to wrong country Can anyone tell me when I trace an IP address its showing its from Holland when the person sending the message is from Russia??? How can this be?? I have found 2 different IP addresses from them on different emails, one shows Russia n the other one shows Holland....does this mean they have sent the emails from different location?? Many thanks David

01-11-2010, 06:05 PM	#3
DavidW6229 Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3	THANKS Many thanks for the quick response and for posting it in the correct place :-) David

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