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CaptainYooh · 06-14-2013, 03:27 PM

I am pretty dumb when it comes to IT, so I have a question to all of you smart techies people. Why can't authorities trace scam mail senders? I see these e-mails asking to update bank account information, invest with ultra-rich high net worth individuals, accept inheritance and other garbage. All I do is curse and delete them. But I hear that a lot of old people become victims though. Isn't there a live person behind each and every e-mail account? Even the free servers (e.g. hotmail, yahoo, live, lycos) require some personal information to open a new e-mail account that could lead to a perpetrator. They do trace terrorists through e-mails. What is different with scam? Please explain at the popular level. Thanks.

06-14-2013, 03:27 PM	#1
CaptainYooh Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Calgary Exp:	Scam Mail I am pretty dumb when it comes to IT, so I have a question to all of you smart techies people. Why can't authorities trace scam mail senders? I see these e-mails asking to update bank account information, invest with ultra-rich high net worth individuals, accept inheritance and other garbage. All I do is curse and delete them. But I hear that a lot of old people become victims though. Isn't there a live person behind each and every e-mail account? Even the free servers (e.g. hotmail, yahoo, live, lycos) require some personal information to open a new e-mail account that could lead to a perpetrator. They do trace terrorists through e-mails. What is different with scam? Please explain at the popular level. Thanks.