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Question

Can someone verify where this email is from?

Sep 11, 2015 6:18PM PDT

I think I know where this email came from but I'd like someone to verify my suspicion.

From sputney99@gmail.com Sun Sep 6 23:17:03 2015
X-Apparently-To: Sun, 06 Sep 2015 23:17:10 +0000
Return-Path: <sputney99@gmail.com>
Received-SPF: pass (domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.212.174 as permitted sender)
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Return-Path: <sputney99@gmail.com>
Received: from [45.210.106.237] ([45.210.106.237])
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Sun, 06 Sep 2015 16:17:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: sputney99@gmail.com
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0)
Subject: Good Evening
Message-Id: <8941EDCC-B238-4DCB-8351-64E588A8B403@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2015 23:17:03 +0000
To:X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (12H143)
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Answer
Re: mail
Sep 13, 2015 2:41PM PDT

It says it's from sputnet99 (at) gmail.com using IO-address [45.210.106.237].

More details - if necessary - from gmail.com. Ask for details about message-id <8941EDCC-B238-4DCB-8351-64E588A8B403@gmail.com>

Kees

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From Africa then?
Sep 17, 2015 6:10PM PDT

So the email was sent from an iPhone in Ghana Africa before it disappeared into the shadows of gmail? That's what I think but I don't look at the ip addresses often. I am glad I did this time!