419 scam: "Sen. Clever Marcus Ikisikpo"<sir.clever01@gmail.com> RE: CAN YOU HANDLE IT?

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Sen. Clever Marcus Ikisikpo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sir.clever@yahoo.pt>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:19:01 -0700
Subject: RE: CAN YOU HANDLE IT?

Hello,

I am fully aware that this may not be the best way to connect you in this purpose due to lots of bad things happening on the internet these days but please try to give this message your real consent without any reservation, I promise you that you will never regret any part of this correspondence and project on the whole.

Let me start by introducing myself to you properly. I am Senator. Clever Marcus Ikisikpo, from the Bayelsa Eastern Senatorial District.

I am the former chairman of SPECIAL DUTIES in the National house of assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I contacted you because of this sum of $26.5Million under my custody, which I want to use my contact to relocate to your country under your care for our mutual investment benefit.

Therefore, I need you now to tell me if you can be able to receive this fund and also locate a very good business which this money can be invested on.

Can I also trust you to handle this fund, note that you are going to be my trusted partner in this investment and we will draw agreement for percentage of the investment dividends?

Please get back to me immediately for further directives if you agree with me.

Thanks

Sen. Clever Marcus Ikisikpo

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