The fake "Allen Duke Acting Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security" email below is a scam. Recipients are asked to delete it and should not follow the instructions in it. The fake email is being sent by scammers who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them money or personal information. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.
The "Allen Duke Acting Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security" Scam
From: Allen Duke - polisi.maurizio@alice.it
Date: January 22, 2020 at 7:13:07 AM MST
Subject: Good NEWS
Reply-To: revnue.internal@aol.com
GOOD DAY
I'm Allen Duke,the Acting secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland security appointed by President Donald Trump. Office Address: 3801 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016, United States. I received a report that you have an unclaimed fund of US$400.000 (Four Hundred Thousand United State Dollar) in the West Africa.I have instructed ECO-WAS and the concerned authorities to bring the consignment box containing your total fund to our Head office in
Washington DC. The said fund will be here today. Therefore, you are expected to reconfirm your Full Name (as stated on your government issued photo ID), Home Address, Nearest Airport and your Direct Cell Phone # so that arrangement can be made for the delivery of the consignment to your home address.
I can be reached at +1 435-120-351 send me a text or Voice Message if i am unavailable to answer.
Email: revnue.internal@aol.com
I look forward to hear from you.
Allen Duke,
Acting Secretary of
The U.S. Department of
Homeland security.
Washington DC.
+1 4354-120-351