419 scam: Queen kamani <quenkamani@yahoo.fr> Respond

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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
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.
- queenka@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Queen kamani <quenkamani@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: Queenka@hotmail.fr
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:43:55 +0700
Subject: Respond

From Mrs.Queen Kamani. May the peace of merciful God be with
you,please I have a problem and i decided it is good a thing to write
you.be bless in the name of God and sorry to intrude into your
privacy.As i hope that this mail meet you in good sense of mind.
Please read this mail gently and try to absorb the content therein as
this is not one of any such mail you read but i have prayed and fasted
irrespective to my present predicament believing God that i shall meet
the right person that will be sincere,faithful and God fearing. My
name is Mrs.Queen Kamani,I am from FREETOWN the capital city of SIERRA
LEONE.I am married to late Mr.David Kamani who was a DIAMOND BUSINESS
MERCHANT and died as a result of the war in my country.We were married
for twenty years with just a child called David.My Husband died as a
result of a stray bullet shot during the war.Since his death I decided
not to remarry. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of
15 Million united states

dollars(15,000,000.00)USD in a security
company here in the federal republic of COTE D'IVOIRE. Recently,I was
confirmed to be suffering from Cancer and the Doctors informed me that
i will not last for the next many months. Hence I decided to look for
a foreign partner that will help me secure this fund in his or her
custody and invest it into a risk-free venture for profit making
because my son is too young and cannot handle such money so i desire a
sincere God fearing person that will assist me to process and secure
this money then send for my son David and take good care of him as
your child so that he can further his education and after his
education you will give him rights to the investments and
establishment as i may not live to watch over him. Please, contact me
as soon as you receive this message if you will be able to handle this
project by assuring me of your willingness and capabilities as well as
your sincerity and not capitalizing on my present health Condition to
betray

me;respond back to me as soon as possible. Pls reply me
throughmyprivate email : (Queenka@hotmail.fr} Thanks and I await to
hear from you. To God be the Glory Mrs.Queen Kamani

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