419 scam: "Mr. David Whyte"<davidwhyte12@o2.pl> New York, NY 10029, USA.</DIV>

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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:

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:
- "davidwhyte111@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. David Whyte" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <leemarsden123@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 07:03:03 -0800
Subject: New York, NY 10029, USA.</DIV>

New York, NY 10029, USA.

OUR REF: UN568/PAYMENT/APPROVAL.

YOUR REF: UN568/FUND RELEASE/1001900

We are humbly using this medium to inform you that your

unclaimed payment was recovered from AFRICA and has been

approved to be released to you from united states of

america.

We have notified the officer incharge to release this funds

to you as soon as possible. You are expected to get the

Certificate of Clean Funds from the office of Mrs. Elizabeth

Peters, this certificate guarantees the final release

of your funds to you, Note that you are expected to

forward this certificate to the officer incharge before your

funds can be released to you. The only person that has the

right to issue this certificate to you is Mrs. Elizabeth

Peters.

Upon the receipt of your response to this email, We

shall forward you the contact information of Mrs Elizabeth

Peters to enable you contact her for the issuance of the

required certificate in your name.

Have a wonderful day

Yours Faithfully,

^{Reply to addess:davidwhyte111@outlook.com}

^{Mr. David Whyte}

^{Director. United Nations}

Anti-fraud resources:

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