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Received by us: Sat, 10 May 2025 04:59:03 +0000 (UTC)
SpamAssasin rating: 13.7
Email analysis
This email is a blatant scam, characterized by several telling features that should alert any recipient to its fraudulent intent. The sender, claiming to be “diplomat Peter Jackson Douglas,” uses a free Gmail address rather than an official government or courier service email, which is a red flag indicating a lack of authenticity. The convoluted narrative suggests that a delivery agent abandoned a consignment worth $500,000, playing on the recipient’s emotions and greed to create a sense of urgency and fear of missing out on a supposed financial windfall.
The email’s unprofessional tone and the appeal to authority (stating the sender is an undercover agent for the United Nations) are tactics often employed by scammers to instill misplaced trust. Furthermore, the request for sensitive personal information—such as a direct telephone number, identification, and home address—exposes the recipient to the risk of identity theft and fraud. Legitimate companies like DHL should not require such details in unsolicited communications. The call to action is clear: never respond to unsolicited emails that promise large sums of money or request personal information. Always verify the legitimacy of any unexpected communication by contacting the organization directly through trusted channels.
Plain text Email
Hello .I am diplomat Peter Jackson Douglas, a registered delivery agent under the DHL courier services and also an undercover inspection agent under the United Nation. I am currently at the DHL Express service-point 3130 V St NE, Washington, DC 20018, United States with a consignment box worth $500,000 after scanned and it’s said to belong to you but the initial delivery agent abandoned the box here at the service point in Washington DC due to your inability to do the needful to enable him fly to your destination to hand over the box to you, well I am fully in charge of your delivery now and if you want to come get your box by yourself then feel free to come to 3130 V St NE, Washington, DC 20018, United States but if you can’t come over to pick it up by yourself then I will have to deliver it to you by myself and as a registered legal diplomat I will not encounter any problem or stoppage of any kind on my way to your home, so all I need from you right now is your direct telephone number, your Identification and your address where you would like me to deliver the box to and then by Monday morning I will board my flight to your destination, I will be expecting your timely response, Thank you!Sincerely,Peter J. DouglasContact : [email protected]
HTML Email
Hello . I am diplomat Peter Jackson Douglas, a registered delivery agent under the DHL courier services and also an undercover inspection agent under the United Nation. I am currently at the DHL Express service-point 3130 V St NE, Washington, DC 20018, United States with a consignment box worth $500,000 after scanned and it’s said to belong to you but the initial delivery agent abandoned the box here at the service point in Washington DC due to your inability to do the needful to enable him fly to your destination to hand over the box to you, well I am fully in charge of your delivery now and if you want to come get your box by yourself then feel free to come to 3130 V St NE, Washington, DC 20018, United States but if you can’t come over to pick it up by yourself then I will have to deliver it to you by myself and as a registered legal diplomat I will not encounter any problem or stoppage of any kind on my way to your home, so all I need from you right now is your direct telephone number, your Identification and your address where you would like me to deliver the box to and then by Monday morning I will board my flight to your destination, I will be expecting your timely response, Thank you!
Sincerely, Peter J. Douglas Contact : [email protected]