United States Postal Service

Email Fraud Alert received from: Peggy

I recently received an email with this subject line: United States postal service and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.

The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:

Welcome to U.S postal service Washington DC: Address: 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW Room 4012: Email: uspspostaliservice@post.com .United States post office is a Postal service which provides all the different kinds of Postal Services for the people in the United States. USPS is also called as a post office, our mail or Postal service. This is the most trusted service in providing better standard of Postal services for the people of the country since many years.

Attn: Peggy

Once again, You are welcome to U.S postal service Washington DC, this is to acknowledge the receipt of your email strictly to your CERTIFIED LETTER/CHECK of US$950,000.00, that was registered with us as your COMPENSATION PAYMENT FROM BANK OF AMERICA in COLLABORATION WITH (IMF) INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND.

CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT CHECK IS HERE IN OUR CUSTODY READY TO BE MAIL TO YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TODAY.

However, overnight delivery has been opted for the completion of your CERTIFIED LETTER/CHECK, So, be ready to receive your CHECK in the next 24-hours and here is your tracking number ( EA 502 999 204 US ) track it on our website below https://www.usps.com/ but remember the tracking number is not yet programmed online until you complete the delivery process below.

In addition, Your CERTIFIED LETTER/CHECK is real and genuine, but the value and content of your CERTIFIED LETTER/CHECK requires (F.O.C) FUND ORIGIN CERTIFICATE to back up the delivery and for our MAIL CARRIER to make a successful delivery to your residential address without any getting stock, it requires F.O.C because it is illegal to carry around international payment Check in the amount of US$950,000.00 without a vital document to show for it as a genuine item. We have already made a successful inquiry from the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the cost of (F.O.C) FUND ORIGIN CERTIFICATE and the cost of F.O.C in the Supreme Court of the United States is $125 USED only.

According to the law guiding United States, it’s very necessary to secure FUND ORIGIN CERTIFICATE for a valuable items as your international payment check. Bear in mind that the aforementioned CERTIFICATE will be obtain from the office of Inspector General of the Supreme Court of the United States and without the required CERTIFICATE, our MAIL CARRIER won’t be granted safe passage by the federal agencies at the airport here in United states and this CERTIFICATE is highly relevant to be acquired for clarification and vindication of your funds to show the legality and authenticity of your CERTIFIED LETTER/CHECK and also to proof that the CERTIFIED LETTER/CHECK is legally own by you.

This $125 payments required Gift Card only to obtain the (F.O.C) FUND ORIGIN CERTIFICATE, here is United States so get iTunes gift card.

We are waiting to receive the Gift Card from you as soon as you receive this urgent reply from U.S postal service Washington DC.

Best Regard
U.S Postal Service
Washington DC
Email: uspspostaliservice@post.com

The above email was sent by “Megan J. Brennan” from this email address: uspspostaliservice@post.com

I, Peggy, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Megan J. Brennan”:

This is definitely a scam