Is it possible for the police to find out a person's identity from their AIM screen name?

Question

If I were to give the police and file a report by submitting a person's screen name along with their IP address because they made a threat against me. Would they bother with their time to look into it?

Answer 1

no,there is no way they can find someone out by the screenname.cause someone could just make one up and make up a fake IP address,and no just wouldnt work and i HIGHLY doubt the police would even look into it really.theres so much other bad stuff happenin so they would make use of their time for that stuff. i mean it was an IM if it was a phone call they would.

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Answer 2

Yes, but the need a search warrant for the profile in their database,

Answer 3

yes they can, whether they will or not would depend on lot's of factors.