Someone Trying To Log In To Forum Using My Name


Ed Sims

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I just received this email an hour ago. It wasn't me trying to log in & that isn't my IP address. How can we track who it it?

Ed
 

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fjpikul

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Ed, please give me your credit card number and I will fix it.
 

Ed Sims

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Is that your IP address Dr Frank? It was you! LOL.

It's pure amateur that randomly tries passwords. I want to find out who it is.

Ed
 

fjpikul

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I think that IP address can be found in MA.
 

Ed Sims

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I didn't want to pay an online tracking site fee so I was hoping somewhere here as access to that service already.

Ed
 

Xcentric

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The IP host is SURFnet in the Netherlands. Google it. There's a name and phone for the admin.
 

SFGT

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Hi Ed, I have had the same thing happen to me a few times and both times it was someone in China. Looks like the IP address you posted is from Holland/Netherlands, It might be worth a trip to Amsterdam to see who this is :wink

see report below:

Geolocation data from IP2Location (Product: DB4 updated on 6/1/2015)
IP Address Country Region City ISP
192.42.116.16 Netherlands Noord-holland Amsterdam Tor Exit Hviv
Google Map for Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (New window)


Geolocation data from IPligence (Product: Max updated on 4/22/2015)
IP Address Country Region City ISP
192.42.116.16 Netherlands Amsterdam Surfnet Bv
Continent Latitude Longitude Time Zone
Europe 52.35 4.92 GMT+1
Google Map for AMSTERDAM, , NETHERLANDS (New window)


Geolocation data from IP Address Labs (Product: Pro On-demand API)
IP Address Country Region City ISP
192.42.116.16 No geolocation data available.


Geolocation data from DB-IP (Product: Full updated on 6/1/2015)
IP Address Country Region City ISP
192.42.116.16 NL North Holland Amsterdam (grachtengordel-west) Ripe Network Coordination Centre
Time Zone Latitude Longitude Organization
Europe/amsterdam 52.3727 4.8882 RIPE Network Coordination Centre
Google Map for Amsterdam (Grachtengordel-West), North Holland, NL (New window)


Geolocation data from ipinfo.io (On-demand API)
IP Address Country Region City Postal Code
192.42.116.16 NL Noord-Holland Amsterdam 1000
Hostname Carrier
tor-exit.hartvoorinternetvrijheid.nl None


Geolocation data from MaxMind (Product: GeoLiteCity updated on 6/3/2015)
IP Address Country Region City Postal Code Area Code
192.42.116.16 Netherlands 07 Amsterdam 1000
Google Map for Amsterdam, 07, NLD (New window)
 

fjpikul

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See what you get for using your iPhone in europe.
 

FENZO

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Sorry Ed, it was me. I really want to be just like you and figured I'd start there.:wink :biggrin
 

Ed Sims

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Fenzo - LOL! You're making Dr Frank jealous!

Can we have CopenhagenGT find this guy!

Ed
 

BlackICE

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How do you know it's a guy and not a woman looking out the window?
 

Ed Sims

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Guy could be gal nowadays!

Ed
 

BlackICE

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Guy could be gal nowadays!

Ed

At this point what difference does it make, any sex and marry any sex.
 
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Piana

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Ed
I got the same notice this morning. Happening to anyone else?
Tom
 

dbk

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It's a bot. Really nothing you can do about it but wait until it makes it through the list and calls it quits. It'll try a couple common passwords, get locked out, and that's the end of it.

Annoying, but unless your password is 12345 or something, harmless.
 

tkennedy41

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Apr 12, 2012
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I also received a notice this morning.

Message states:
The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 89.105.194.85

Tom K
 

Pilot

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May 1, 2013
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I just got the notice today:

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 91.230.121.131
 

Pilot

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May 1, 2013
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I just looked up this IP address and got the following:

Located in Ukraine

When pulling the information for 91.230.121.131, we found that the organization tied to this IP is FOP Smirnov V'yacheslav Valentunovuch.

Located in Ukraine
Owned by OWL PROTECT LLC [91.230.121.0 - 91.230.121.255]
Provided by Loco Digital LTD [91.230.121.0 - 91.230.121.255]
 

Ed Sims

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Smirnov? Like the vodka company?

Ed
 

MNJason

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Got my notice today! "The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 81.7.15.115" Looks like this is in Germany