419 scam: Missionary Carol Mitchell <nehemiahekong@gmail.com> BELOVE

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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: Missionary Carol Mitchell <nehemiahekong@gmail.com>
Reply-To: missionary.carolmitchell1952@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 07:50:34 +0100
Subject: BELOVE

Dear Beloveth, I am Carol Mitchell a Missionary formally with Saints
Peter and Paul Catholic Church North Beach/Telegraph Hill 666 Filbert
St San Francisco, CA 94133 USA, I have the Sum of US$6M in Citibank
Bank (Texas) before I was diagnosed with cancer of the blood and
according to my doctors I have just few weeks to live. I want you to
help me stand as my Next of Kin to enable Citibank Bank Transfer this
US$6M to you. Note, you will take US$3M out of this US$6M and give the
remaining US$3M to any Charity home here in United State, Africa,
Canada, Europe and Asia because that was the vow I made to my God
Almighty before I became a Missionary. I want you to get back to me
immediately if you are interested to stand as my Next of Kin, So that
I can introduce you to my Lawyer, Bank and direct you on how to
proceed before I pass away in this world because I have only few weeks
to live according to my Doctor. I wait your urgent response. Thanks,
Missionary Carol Mitchell. Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church

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