How the FBI Catches Cyber Criminals - Email Hacking Forensics

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Published 2024-08-03
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer or law enforcement officer and this video is for demonstration and entertainment purposes only.

Ever wondered how the police and special agents determine who committed a computer crime? In this video, I teach you how the FBI and other law enforcement agencies track down cyber criminals through email forensics!

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Email Attacks
- Spamming
- Phishing
- Mail bombing
- Cyberstalking
- Child abduction

Steps for conducting email crime investigations
1. Seizing the computer and email accounts
2. Acquiring the email data
3. Examining email messages
4. Retrieving email headers
5. Analyzing email headers
6. Recovering deleted email messages

All Comments (21)
  • Good video, I didn’t know about that tracer program at the end, that’s pretty cool. When I worked at an ISP about 5 years ago that kind of geolocation data was expensive, and usually locked behind a pay as you go API. I want to point out that Ashburn VA is a major data center hub. Like every FAANG company has a major presence there, plus tons of other data centers and ISPs, and even T1 carriers. Even the small ISP I worked for had a presence there. When you see an IP originating from Ashburn it’s almost certainly not really. It’s more likely that’s either a web client, or the originator is using some kind of VPN or VPS that runs in a data center there.
  • This was neat. I have no idea how I arrived here, but hey! Thanks for the information!!
  • @PirateAlgeria
    Thank you for this video, its really helpful, more than you think
  • @ProducerGio
    Dude, you're awesome! This was detailed and well-spoken!
  • @Tom-sg4iv
    Your trace route has nothing to do with the route the email took to your inbox.
  • @PirateAlgeria
    please make more videos like this would be happy to learn
  • @moneyman6227
    So if I hypothetically make my own subpoena on a vpn and send it to Verizon how do they check if im actually law enforcement or do they not… 😁
  • @gabrielt5784
    Thanks - how does it work though if its a cloud email that was composed, like gmail - the end ip address is not your computer...
  • @chillphil967
    16:41 lol “…if you’re a civilian, i do not recommend you go any further…” pencils down, class. cool video though 👍
  • Thanks a lot Sir 🙏 u just got a new subscriber today 😅
  • I remember I had something like this happen and the FBI didn’t help. What are they good for?
  • pretty nice. I work as an IT-Foreniscs analyst for German law enforcement (subject area: CSAM). Nice to see how it's going on in another country😀
  • @harrydo4200
    I followed the steps to get the header from gmail but only see the IP of the server :/
  • They definitely keep tabs on people who watch porn. The majority of Americans are listed as porn watchers in their personal FBI file.
  • What if the person use a cheap burner phone with no SIM card and create a cloud email on a Starbucks WiFi?