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stanfr
9th September 2009, 12:01 PM
I know you're not supposed to reply to these things, but this time i just couldn't restrain myself! Here's my reply and original email:

Dear Albert,
thanks you for your most excellent email! I am a Christian myself, so I have prayed to the Almighty guidance for assistance with this matter. He has instructed me on how we should proceed. He first told me that Benny Hinn is a complete "********" and that all the money should be directed toward discrediting this con artist who has stolen so much money from many innocent but naive people. So, the Lord has told me that I should direct you to give all the money DIRECTLY to the James Randi Educational Fund, or JREF. Please make arrangements directly with their website at www.randi.org
If you make the donation, please use your name, Albert Evra, in making the donation. You are to have no further correspondance with me, only the Foundation at JREF. If you do not make these arrangements immediately, the Lord our God has informed me through revelation, that you will be stricken with a hideous disease and die a slow and extremely painful death, so please act quickly! Thanks-Yours in Christ!

> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:47:29 -0300
> From: evra5@sify.com
> To:
> Subject: Greeting In The Name Of The Lord!
>
>
> --
> Dear beloved in Christ,
>
> It is by the grace of God that I received Christ,knowing the
> truth and the truth have set me free.Having known the truth,
> I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the
> sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for
> witness of Godīs mercy and glory upon my life.
>
> I have the pleasure to share my testimony with you,having
> seen your contact from the Internet. I am Albert Evra
> the legal adviser to late Mr.and Mrs. Christian
> Goetz,a German couple that lived in my country Angola
> for 25 years before they both died in a plane crash
> late last year. These couple were good Christians, they were
> so dedicated to God but they had no child till they died.
>
> Throughout their stay in my country, they acquired a lot of
> properties like lands, house properties, etc. As their legal
> adviser, before their death, the husband Christian Goetz
> instructed me to write his WILL. Because they had no child,
> they dedicated their wealth to God. According to the WILL,
> the properties have to be sold and the money be given out to
> a ministry for the work of God. As their legal adviser, all
> the documents for the properties were in my care.
>
> He gave me the authority to sell the properties and give out
> the fund to the Ministries for the work of God.To cut the
> story short, I sold all the properties after their death, as
> instructed by my client,Mr.Christian Goetz before his death.
>
> And as matter of fact, after I sold all their
> properties,expectedly, I realized a huge amount of money
> that runs into millions of dollars,and what supposed to be
> the percentage interest of my right legal fee was firstly
> deducted by me out of the total amount realized from the
> sold properties, this was based on the initial agreement
> between me and the owner of the properties before his death.
>
> Therefore,the total amount left to be invested into God's
> work as instructed by the owner is $1,000,000.00 (one
> million US dollars) only. But Instead of giving the main
> fund out for the work of God as instructed to me by my
> client before his death. I converted the fund to myself with
> the intention of investing the fund abroad for my personal
> use. I was afraid of putting the fund in the Bank, because I
> have to give account to the bank on how got the money. I
> then packaged the fund in consignments and deposited the
> consignments with a security company.
>
> I did not want the management of the Security Company to
> know the content of the consignments,therefore I registered
> the content of the consignments as Gold Bars. Now, the
> security company believes that what I deposited with them
> was Gold Bars. I had encounter with Christ when Pastor Benny
> Hinn was preaching on television concerning Ananias and
> Saphira in Acts 5:1-11. After hearing the word of God, I
> gave my life to Christ and became a born again Christian.
>
> As a born again Christian, I started reading my bible and
> one day, the Lord opened my eyes to Ezekiel 33: 18 and 19.
> From the scripture, I discovered that the only way I could
> have peace in my life is to do that is lawful and right by
> giving out the fund as instructed for the work of God by my
> client.I have asked God for forgiveness on my initial
> thought concerning the money,and I know that God have
> forgiven me. But I have to do what is lawful and right in
> the sight of God by giving out the fund to the chosen
> ministry for the purpose of God's work as instructed by my
> client before his death.
>
> After my fasting and prayers, I asked God to make his choice
> and direct me to a honest Christian or the chosen ministry
> that deserves this fund by his Grace.
>
> I then came across your address on the Internet as I was
> browsing through a Christian site, and as a matter of fact,
> it is not only you or your ministry that I picked on the
> Christian site initially, but after my fervent prayer over
> it, then you were nominated through divine revelation from
> God so that was how I received such a divine revelation from
> the Lord, how I got your contact information, and I then
> decided to contact you for the fund to be used wisely for
> things that will glorify the name of God.
>
> I have notified the Security Company where I deposited the
> consignments that contained the fund, that I am moving the
> consignment abroad and the security company has since been
> waiting for my authority for the consignment to leave my
> country and be moved abroad.So if you know that you will use
> this fund honestly and wisely for things that will glorify
> God's name,then do contact me back,ASAP.
>
>
> Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.
>
> God bless you.
> Yours in Christ.
> ALBERT EVRA

Audible Click
9th September 2009, 12:17 PM
If you are going to do a bait with this person please go here to learn how to protect yourself and also how to end a bait without helping the person to refine his technique.

http://forum.419eater.com/forum/index.php

HeyLeroy
9th September 2009, 12:26 PM
Better edit out any details from that post right quick. These people will run google searches to find posts like yours, and then they know to drop you.

Or get nasty.

stanfr
9th September 2009, 01:06 PM
Thanks for that link Audible Click--that is bizarre! I never would have guessed there is a whole community devoted to "baiting" scammers--course then again I never would have guessed there were still people who fell for these scams. Tha internet never ceases to amaze...