I recieved a private message that this brother does run a proper ministry
I repent of my accusations.
Humbled,
Brother Paul
(edit) I just received this message today. This is most certainly a scam, identical to the Nigerian money-funneling scheme back in the 90's. In each case, there is an unverifiable person or ghost organization that needs help outside their country. The similarities to the unsolicited slum and orphan ministries are uncanny; this is why I jumped the gun with Beloved's Ministries and humiliated myself here on SI. Either way, these solicitations leave a strange taste in one's mouth.
"Dearest One.
I Come across your profile and have Decided to get in touch with you
after the prayer,to see if you can help me and my sister solve our problem.
My name is Mohamed Zahir With my sister Amina,The Son and Daughter of (Late Dr Mohamed Abdel) Who lost his life in the course of the crisis in my country Cote
D'ivoire on the 7th of May last year on his way to the company ( Nestle
Food Plc). My father willed in cash, the sum of $25 Million US Dollars which he deposited in a Fixed/Suspense account, with enabling conditions for the release of the fund which are as follows:
(1) That we must be 22 years or above.
(2) That upon request for the release of the fund, there must be
evidence of investment intentions especially outside the west Africa,
We contact you therefore to confirm if you can absorb us in partnership in your company or possibly advise us on any investment opportunity in your country. When we reach agreement with you, the bank will release our fund into an account that you shall nominate and we will come over to you to commence business partnership with you and the fund.
We expect your urgent response including your addresses, your telephone
and fax number.
You can contact us through this our email: mohamed_zahir03@yahoo.com
Thanks for expected cooperation.
Our Regard,
Mohamed Zahir & Sister Amina"
(PaulWest) - Uh-huh. Sure. The scheme is simple, brethren. They will want to deposit this "$25 million" in my bank account, but will need me to send them about 500 bucks to facilitate the transaction. For my cooperation, they will allow me to keep like 20% of the $25 million. It's an old scam, and they communicate through fax. They keep stalling and stalling, begging for the 500 bucks (or more) before they can do anything. If you're dumb enough to send them money, they will then ask for your bank account# to wire the supposed $25 million. Then they empty your account and you become another statistic on [i]Dateline.[/i]