419 scam: "William Vanderpump" <ajohnson@doctorsnursingrehab.com> From William Vanderpump

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- vanderpumpwilliam@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "William Vanderpump" <ajohnson@doctorsnursingrehab.com>
Reply-To: info@entypon.com
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:10:16 +0100
Subject: From William Vanderpump

Hello Friend,

I am William Vanderpump Support Services Equity Research at UBS
Investment Bank London, 1 Finsbury Avenue London, EC2M 2PP here in
England. I am writing you about a business proposal that will be of
immense and mutual benefit to both of us. It might interest you to know
that in my department, being the head of account audit, I discovered a
Sum of Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds
Sterling (18,500,000 GBP) in an account that Belongs to one of our
foreign customers Late Business Mogul Mr. John Lambert, an American that
was a victim of a plane crash in 2012, killing him and his family
members. John Lambert 44years, of Springfield, and Robin Melton 46
years, of Ozark, died when the SR22 2012 Cirrus crashed in a field near
the intersection of Farm Road 81 and Missouri 123.
Also in the plane at the time of the crash were Lambert’s three children
— McKinley, 15; Grayson, 16, and Joshua, 10: we regret the great loss.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2203861/Family-die-plane-crash-middle-night-business-man-father-controls.html

For details contact me on my private e-mail: vanderpumpwilliam@yahoo.com

I await your swift response and re-assurance.

Best regards,
William Vanderpump UBS
Support Services
Equity Research UBS Investment
Bank London.

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