You may not know it, but you have an IP address that identifies your computer and where you are. Everyone has this number, and that means you can find out something about any IP if you know where to look. If you get an anonymous email, meaning one that has no name or address that you recognize, you can still find out more about who sent it to you and where they are. That may help you identify who sent that communication.
When you look at the top of an email, otherwise known as a header, you will see there are some IP addresses listed. These IP numbers are in a string, usually with four sections, separated by dots. You should concentrate on the first one listed, or the very last one. That can tell you something, but not always a lot. At the very least, you can see Internet service provider, and area from which the email came. You may learn, for example, that an email came from the Washington DC area, and that the service provider is Verizon Wireless.
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