"But we've got Ethiopians! Bet you haven't got any of them!"
We did get a Nigerian who had a lot of money his father had deposited in a bank in Nigeria that was embargoed under one of the many administrations. All he needed was $5,000.00 as a good faith advance and he could get millions to share with us for our building project. Unfortunately, being a tax exempt 501 (c)(3) church we could not advance the funds except for services rendered. Funny, he seemed so sincere until we told him we could not advance the money but we would pray for the quick release of the funds to help his family, who we were told was destitute. He hasn't been back to church and we have scaled down the size of our mega church building project to a couple of small class rooms.
Big mistake, BD.
He came to see us after he left, and we give him $10,000. We're breaking ground on a new civic center; the millions will arrive as soon as the deacon gets back from Lagos..
"He hasn't been back to church and we have scaled down the size of our mega church building project to a couple of small class rooms."
He sent a letter to the office which we passed on to the judicial pension administrators. They are all very excited and I understand some of the judges near retirement age have already bought big retirement homes down in the Caribbean as opposed to those small condos they were planning on, not needing to worry about the money anymore dontcha know.
LOL! You remind me of the, BY FAR, best e-mail scam (and abuse by the responder) I have ever read. It is hideously long, but worth every minute (if you like my sense of humor :). The only thing you need is a working knowledge of the very basics of "Star Wars". This African scammer has no clue. :) If you haven't already seen this, enjoy: