Staff at the Australia Post sorting facility at Perth International Airport, where 100,000 scam letters have been intercepted. MAGIC weight-loss pills and a clairvoyant's promise of untold wealth are part of a record flood of overseas mail scams aimed at fleecing Australians. A record 100,000 scam letters have been stopped from reaching Australian homes in a haul unveiled at the Australia Post depot at Perth Airport this morning. The seizure was a joint operation between Consumer Protection and Australia Post. Commerce Minister Michael Mischin said the 100,000 letters promoting various scams had been seized in just the past few months. "This represents the biggest haul of letters since the joint operation began more than six years ago," he said. The 100,000 intercepted in this operation is a sharp increase on last year when ScamNet officers at Consumer Protection seized 30,000 scam letters. Some of the scams in the latest haul included weight loss treatments, miraculous health cures, clairvoyants offering lucky charms promising large sums of money, lotteries that do not exist, and parcels of luxury items on payment of a fee. Mr Mischin urged West Austraians to ignore the unsolicited offers received either in the post or by email. "Responding to these letters usually requires the recipient to provide personal as well as credit card details, making them the target of future fraud," he said. By responding, recipients will also be bombarded with more junk mail that may not be intercepted. About 130,000 scam letters have been seized in two years. For more information on scams go to www.scamnet.wa.gov.au or phone 1300 30 40 54.