A protocol for de-anonymising fake e-mail accounts in identifying criminals in Sri Lanka

Abstract

The e-mail users anonymously engaged to harass others, who are against them. Therefore, de-anonymizing e-mail accounts are very important and necessary to identify the real person behind them. It helps legitimate account users to bring them before the court for necessary actions. Once the law enforcement has enough evidence against a person, they can lay criminal charges and a judge decides if the accused should be released or remanded. Therefore, this research focuses on “de-anonymizing protocol for e-mail accounts” to identify the real identity of them. The de-anonymizing protocol is a detection and investigation of the real user behind an anonymous e-mail address. The detection system of the de-anonymizing protocol can be modified and changed according to the nature of the crime. The proposed investigation methodology can be applied for any email service provider