Advice/help re hacking

[Mikey]

I know there are some rather clever Frost*ies out there

If someone had sent an e-mail using my account and I had received a message back to say that the message had been deleted without being read, is there a way to find out who/what/where had sent the original e-mail?

I have a suspicion that "you know who" are sending themselves information from my computer.
This would be backed up by the recipient of the e-mail that I didn't send.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Mikey]

AOL were really helpful........

Dear Mike Whitehead,

Thank you for contacting AOL.

We are unable to divulge information that identifies individual customers due to our privacy policy which aligns with the data protection laws of the United Kingdom and the European Union.  If you feel a crime has been committed, please contact the police and we will assist them using the formal procedures set down by UK legislation.

We look forward to continuing to provide you with the best online experience possible.  Remember, you can always reach us by emailing cosuk@aol.com.   

Cheers,
AOL Community

Hang on..... This is someone hacking my account, why can't they divulge?

[Mordwin]

They could just be using your address... it's easy to forge emails.

[Mikey]

It is info to my ex-employers.

Too much of a co-incidence that the recipient e-mail address was

mcmmonitor@ups.com

[Rook]

Important to note that an email does not need to come from your computer to *appear* to have come from your computer. By way of analogy, it is trivial to mark the return address of a letter as "from the office of the President, 1600 Pennsylvania ave, Washington, etc". If you drop it in the mail system in that area the postcode (bang path) will even match, lending an air of authenticity.

Without the actual email that was sent, I reckon you have no chance of determining its providence; even with it I would upgrade that from none to slim chance. You probably have a better chance working it out from other factors (motive etc). And hey, it could just be a random spam thing or a hiccup in the system

Hate to say it, but AOL are right not to divulge info here. They are actually doing the right thing, and trying to protect your information.

Probably not the info you were hoping for, but good luck...

[Mikey]

Probably not the info you were hoping for, but good luck...

No, that helps, thanks.
There are other suspicions, and motive does play a big part, as we'll be submitting papers soon.



(That's soon in solicitor speak, not soon in Mikey speak)