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NEW EMAIL SCAM!!!

Spurt — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 18:03:27 GMT

There's a new email scam out there ......

The Office Of Inspector General (OIG) does not send unsolicited emails regarding mail delivery or asking individuals for personal or any financial information. These are bogus/spam emails and if you receive one claiming to be from our office, the Postal Service, or the Postal Inspection Service, please report it to our Hotline.

Do not click any links forward it to hotline@uspsoig.gov

SAMPLE EMAIL

Greetings,

Welcome to United States postal inspection office/headquarter important notification from USPS Office of Inspector General. I wish to pass this relevant information to you regarding your CERTIFIED LETTER and COMPENSATION PAYMENT Check. at the US Post Office Washington DC, compensations PAYMENT Check that was belong to you as a beneficiary and full details was deposited to our office. Instruction to mail your COMPENSATION PAYMENT Check to you as the rightful beneficiary of above mentioned.

Reply to US Postal Service with all your details (Mailing Address) and wait for their response.

You’re Cell phone No

Full Names

You’re Address

They will provide you with all the details of arrival, U.S.P.S tracking number and other relevant information you need, your CERTIFIED LETTER/Check will be delivered to any valid address of yours, Contact United States Postal Service Washington DC.

Best Regard

US Post Office

Headquarter Washington DC

Re: NEW EMAIL SCAM!!!

GinaV24 — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 18:06:07 GMT

Wow @Spurt the crooks in the world just keep coming up with new ways to try and separate people from their $ and information.

thanks for the warning, it is very much appreciated.

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Mj12 — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 18:09:35 GMT

Luckily this one is easy to spot as a scam. Way too many errors.

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Still Raining — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 18:12:01 GMT

I did a have memorable day with them long ago.

Let me tell you, they do not travel alone, they at arrive at your workplace before you do, they meet you at the entrance with the owner, then sequester you in a meeting room for the day all the paper files (old times).

I am still scared.

Nothing we did, just a client I had already sent a burning management letter to and told my boss we should not bid again.

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Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 21:30:20 GMT

Well, the first thing I would ask myself is how is it any division of the POST OFFICE doesn't have my ADDRESS .... but does have my EMAIL ADDRESS?

Just wondering ... lol

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NickNack — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 18:32:09 GMT

There are many errors in this email. I think many people would realize it was a scam.

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NYC Susan — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 18:40:02 GMT

I think this is easier to spot as a scam than most. It’s awkward, has misspellings, and makes no sense.

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novamc1 — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 18:45:12 GMT

That bogus email is downright amusing.

The U.S. Postal Service, with headquarters in Wash DC, doesn't email anyone about their mail and certainly knows how to properly refer to its own agency.

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chickenbutt — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 20:37:22 GMT

I hate these scams so much because so many people don't seem to see through them and then get burned.

One place I would start would be to ask oneself - Is there any reason, or any way, that this entity would even have my email address? Generally, the answer would be 'no', so that's where to start in terms of seeing it for what it is.

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Imaoldhippie — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 20:57:01 GMT

LOL, everyone should know this is a scam, the government does not give you anything, especially money!

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LizzieInSRQ — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 21:06:53 GMT

@Still Raining wrote:
I did a have memorable day with them long ago.

Let me tell you, they do not travel alone, they at arrive at your workplace before you do, they meet you at the entrance with the owner, then sequester you in a meeting room for the day all the paper files (old times).

I am still scared.

Nothing we did, just a client I had already sent a burning management letter to and told my boss we should not bid again.

What in the world are you posting about?

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chrystaltree — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 21:15:17 GMT

Scams like this depend on people's greed. Once they see "compensation payment" that is all they see. $$$$ They can't see that it obviously comes from some foreign source. You can tell by how it's written and the bad grammar. It's ridiculous.

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Peaches McPhee — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 21:15:45 GMT

@LizzieInSRQ wrote:
@Still Raining wrote:
I did a have memorable day with them long ago.

Let me tell you, they do not travel alone, they at arrive at your workplace before you do, they meet you at the entrance with the owner, then sequester you in a meeting room for the day all the paper files (old times).

I am still scared.

Nothing we did, just a client I had already sent a burning management letter to and told my boss we should not bid again.

What in the world are you posting about?

I think she is relaying a real-life encounter with the Inspector General office.

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handygal2 — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 21:18:07 GMT

@Spurt : I received this same email a couple of weeks ago. It came into my Junk box. I forwarded it to these 2 government websites for email fraud:

spam@uce.gov

phishing-report@us-cert.gov

I then forwarded it to the specific website for postal inspector fraud, and then deleted the email.

spam@uspis.gov

I hope they can track down the scammers!

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sidsmom — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 21:26:15 GMT

@Still Raining wrote:
I did a have memorable day with them long ago.

Let me tell you, they do not travel alone, they at arrive at your workplace before you do, they meet you at the entrance with the owner, then sequester you in a meeting room for the day all the paper files (old times).

I am still scared.

Nothing we did, just a client I had already sent a burning management letter to and told my boss we should not bid again.

wut?

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esmerelda — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 22:27:11 GMT

That thing has BS written all over it.

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shoekitty — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 01:41:32 GMT

I go through my emails and dont open. I delete from sound of header. I havent been wrong.

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jannabelle1 — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 02:21:29 GMT

It's obvious that this letter is nothing but a scam, but I'm sure they'll find someone who might fall for this.

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GCR18 — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 04:59:34 GMT

I'm not giving anyone personal information or money. Don't care what they say. They'll have to send law enforcement to pry it out of me. LOL

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Venezia — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 05:23:27 GMT

This one actually made me LOL, there were so many grammatical errors in it. As I read it, I could actually "hear" the accent.

But wow - I could sure use that COMPENSATION PAYMENT check!