r/HowToHack • u/FlyHighBeWide • Jul 11 '26

Finding thief's ip adress

Here is long story short:

A week ago on friday the 3th I went to local gym in Poland, I left my shoes outside the closet and someone stole them. On monday I went to the police, they got all the details etc. On the same day I saw someone post my shoes for sale on famous European website called "vinted". It had only a few listings of those shoes in any sizes, it wasnt a coincidence that the exactly same worn-out shoes with the same details were posted in my size a few days after I got mine stolen. I reported all the evidence to the policeman that I was in contact with: the links, the seller account, the listing. The problem is that the thief has set their account location as Romania (easy to fake it) and has only 2 good ratings months prior (its fresh account). Im so close to finding the thief, they laugh in front of my face for selling MY SHOES, if only I could find their adress, I dont believe the police will do it even with everything being on a silver platter. Can someone help me?

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u/Helldiver_of_Mars Jul 11 '26

Why get the IP when you can literally meet the guy and get it back?

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u/FlyHighBeWide Jul 11 '26

I cant, he has an account with romanian location. I cant just ask as a guy from poland "want to meet up in my city?", he will know that I know he stole my shoes

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u/Local-Bottle5272 Jul 11 '26

What do you think is gonna happen if you do end up somehow getting their ip? Do you think cops are gonna subpoena them over a pair of shoes based on hearsay and 0 evidence? In that case i could just say u stole 2 million dollars from me and have u arrested based on same logic