[An-lang] Urgent

[John Ulrich Wolff]

of course the message supposedly from Prof. van der Putten is a scam -- phishing. Note the errors in English.  He can speak perfect English. To mention only three (typical mistakes from these phishing letters):

 the doctor have managed

the doctor is demanding for more money

I'll refund back the  money


Further, the style is not academic English, as one would expect from Prof Van der Putten!


John Wolff, Professor Emeritus

Linguistics and Asian Studies
Cornell University
(Address until November 29)
c/o Goodhue
Prenzlauer Allee 171
13347 Berlin, Germany
Cellphone +49 1577-4077506 ( 015774077506 aus Deutschland)
Landline: +49  3023916003


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From: An-lang <an-lang-bounces at anu.edu.au> on behalf of Waruno Mahdi <mahdi at fhi-berlin.mpg.de>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 6:42 AM
To: jan van der Putten
Cc: Sealang-L; AN-lang
Subject: Re: [An-lang] Urgent

Dear Jan,

I just got this email, which is probably a phishing scam
missusing your name.

Hope you are well,
Waruno


From: jan van der Putten <jvdp996 at hotmail.com>
On 11/21/16 11:49 AM, jan van der Putten wrote:
> Dear,
>
> I was told that my sister who is a contractor in Nigeria and her family
> was involved in a serious accident and she lost 2 of her children while
> my sister, her husband and her first Son sustained serious injury which
> i was told that may lead to surgery.I traveled immediately to Nigeria to
> see them and on getting to Nigeria i saw it was terrible but the doctor
> have managed to stop the bleeding.However, i have deposited the money i
> have with me while the doctor is demanding for more money for the
> treatment and also to buy blood because my sister and her son lost a lot
> of blood during the incident. Please I need the money quickly so that
> the doctor can buy blood and also continue with the treatment to avoid
> losing another person.Kindly understand that I'll refund back the  money
> to you as soon as I return in few days. Of course you know that my phone
> cannot work here in Nigeria but i can be able to check my mail since i
> have my laptop with me. The Doctor finally said that it must be
> something very urgent to avoid losing another person. Could you please
> let me know if i should forward the doctor's bank account details for
> the transfer. You have to act fast as they are  in serious pain.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Jan
>
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