419 scam: Joy Bernhard <joybernhard137@gmail.com> CHARITY DONATION

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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:
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Joy Bernhard <joybernhard137@gmail.com>
Reply-To: joy.bernhard01@gmx.com
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2018 10:04:48 +0100
Subject: CHARITY DONATION

Charitable Donation From Joy Bernhard

Attention!!!!

Greetings in the name of the LORD Almighty the giver of every good thing.I
am Mrs.Joy Bernhard from Australia and my husband is Michael Bernhard,I am
Suffering from liver cancer and my doctor said I have few months to live.I
and my husband were married for twenty four years without a child and he
died after a brief illness in the year 2013.I have some funds which I
inherited from my late husband,the sum of $4,550,000.00(Four Million,Five
hundred and Fifty thousand United States Dollars) and I need a very
honest and God fearing person whom I will will this fund to for charity
works.My late husband was a cocoa Farmer in Ghana West Africa and the fund
is in a Bank in Ghana. I know this proposal will definitely come to you as
a huge surprise,but I implore you to take your time to go through it
carefully.As soon as I receive your reply I will give you the contact of my
lawyer in Ghana and he will help you to transfer the fund to your account
safely.
I am desperately in keen need of assistance and I have summoned up courage
to contact you for this task,you must not fail me.This is not stolen money
and there are no dangers involved.Please if you would be able to use the
funds for the Charity works please kindly let me know immediately.

Regards,

Mrs.Joy Bernhard

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam