Suspected spammer: [email protected]
Received by us: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:49:56 +0000 (UTC)
SpamAssasin rating: 22.6
Email analysis
This email is a quintessential example of a lottery scam or a prize fraud scheme, designed to exploit recipients’ hopes of suddenly obtaining a fortune. Several aspects indicate its fraudulent character. Firstly, the sender’s email address comes from a suspicious source—identified as “MISSING_MAILBOX@MISSING_DOMAIN”—a clear indication that it is not a legitimate or traceable email account associated with a credible organization. This lack of a formal domain raises immediate concerns about the email’s authenticity.
The message claims to be from a supposedly new manager of Pegasus Delivery Service, but the use of general terms and vague references (e.g., “new appointed” and “regular delivery General Manager”) lacks professionalism and credibility. The fabricated backstory involving a deceased benefactor (Senior Evangelist Mathew Peterson) who supposedly intended to fund charitable ATM cards is also a typical tactic used to create an emotional appeal and draw the reader in.
Additionally, the email urges the recipient to provide sensitive information such as names, home addresses, phone numbers, and the country of residence, which is a major red flag. Legitimate companies will never ask for personal information in this way for a supposed delivery. The message also hints at urgency and attempts to encourage immediate action by instructing the recipient to move the email from their spam folder to their inbox, which is a common psychological tactic employed in scams.
Readers should be wary of unsolicited emails claiming they have won money or received unsolicited financial gifts, especially when they require personal information to “claim” them. It’s crucial to ignore such messages and report them as spam or phishing attempts without engaging with the sender.
Plain text Email
Greetings!!
My name is Thomas Woods new appointed Pegasus Delivery Service regular delivery General Manager, i assumed this office on the 10th, February 2025 after going through the files of the previous records i discovered that there are six parcels containing ATM cards each one attached with an email address of the owner on it but the former appointee of this office (Richard Moore Jr.) failed to carry out the delivery as it was instructed and programmed probably one of his reasons for not carrying out the delivery was that you could not provide the required information to him or to meet up delivery requirement for the completion of the shipment as he remarked.
According to the content recorded in each file, the ATM card was deposited by one Senior Evangelist Mathew Peterson who died last year as a charitable fund to each of the six of you. On the statement he wrote on the list, he stated that each of the aforementioned ATM cards contains the sum of US$5,700,000.00 (Five Million,Seven Hundred Thousand United State Dollars and he found your email address as reputable and capable persons that can use the charitable fund awarded ATM Cards fund to change the lives of people.
Meanwhile, i have instructed the delivery agent to commence delivery arrangement to deliver the awarded six parcels ATM Card to each and everyone of you to your respective home addresses, am also sending the same message of the same content to other five abandoned ATM Cards each at the same time and please if you found this message in your spam folder it could be due to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) so move the message to your inbox before you reply.
Kindly contact delivery agent Mr.Chris Washington via his email address ([email protected]) and provide the below information to him for record purposes to enable him finalize delivery process of your parcel ATM Card.
Your names: Home address: Phone number: Country:
He shall commence delivery process of your parcel ATM Card once you provide him with the above information and you shall be given a tracking number to enable you track your parcel ATM Card online to know the exact time it will arrive at your destination address.
Regards, Mr.Thomas Woods