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This is one of those despicable "born again christian" e-mails

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From: Sarah Baxter < sarahbaxter64@walla.com>
Date: Feb 23, 2007 5:18 AM
Subject: A CRY FOR HELP
To: undisclosed-recipients

Dear Beloved in Christ.

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, having known the truth, I had no choice than to do what is lawful and just in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God & is Mercies and glory upon my life.

I am Mrs.Sarah Baxter, the wife of Mr ricky Baxter, my husband worked with the Chevron/Texaco in Jordan for twenty years before he died in the year 2005.We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died aftera brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we both got born-again and dedicated christians.  Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is strongly against.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$7.5 Million.(Seven Million Five Hundred  Thousand U.S.Dollars) with a Bank in Europe.

Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary that our account has been DORMANT and if I, as the beneficairy of the funds, do not re-activate the account; the funds will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf (note that you need to activate this account) as I can not come over.

Presently,I'm in a hospital in Jordan where I have been undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer.I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations anywhere in the World.Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness,I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand-in as the beneficiary and collect the Funds from the Bank.I want a person that is God-fearing who will use this money to fund churches,or phanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained.

The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit  this money and my husband's relatives are not Christians and I  don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision.

I am not afraid of death since I know where I am going to. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. {Exodus14 VS14}says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold  my peace. I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my soundless voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always.I don't want them to know about this development.

With God all things are possible.

If you are interested in help me fullfill this dream, you can email to my
personal email: sarahbaxter64@walla.com
Your Sister in Christ,

Mrs.Sarah Baxter

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From: mslater@neo.rr.com <mslater@neo.rr.com >
Date: Feb 1, 2007 12:20 PM
Subject: TEARS OF HOPE…….KINDLY REPLY
To: undisclosed-recipients

The phony christian e-mails are the worst of the pack. Christians and christian communities are top targets. Why? Simply because they believe you should love your neighbour and help people in need. Believing they are indeed helping someone in need, they fall for the scam.

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From: Mrs Monica Tema <mrsmonicatemai@atlas.sk>
Date: Feb 8, 2007 11:49 AM
Subject: DONATION FOR THE LORD
To: undisclosed-recipients

Get this.

Somebody called Phillips David say he’s a born again christian and wants you to say you are next of kin to a complete stranger.

I don’t want to get into morals here, but I don’t believe a “true believer”, regardless of which religion they are in, would do a deal like this.

The plain truth is, they are trying to lure christians into doing this deal with them. Needless to say the only people who pay any money are the believers who take this person for a real christian.

BTW: Take a look at the e-mail account he’s using

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From: johngibsonlcd.com johngibs@web003.ahp01.lax.affinity.com
Date: Jan 9, 2007 1:00 PM
Subject: GOD’S GLORY INVESTMENT.
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

Beloved in Christ,

I have the pleasure to share my testimony with you,having seen your contact from the Internet. I am Barrister Philips David, the legal adviser to late Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Adams, a British couple that lived in my Country for many years before they both died in the car crash two years years ago. These couples were good Christians, they are so dedicated to God but they had no child before they died.

Throughout their stay in my country, they acquired a lot of properties like lands, house properties.As their legal adviser, before their death, the husband Mr. Anthony Adams 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.In short, I sold all the properties after their death,as instructed by Mr. Anthony Adams before his death.And as matter of fact, after I sold all their properties,

Irealized more than $15,000,000.00 (FiftTen million US dollars plus), 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 base 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 $10,000,000.00 (Ten million US dollars) only. But instead of giving the main fund out for the work of God as instructed to me by the owner 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 i 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 onsignments, 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 where the word of God says: “When the righteous tread from his righteousness, and commited iniquity,he shall even die thereby. But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right,he shall live thereby”.

From the scripture, I discovered that the only way I could have peace in my life is to do what is lawful and right by giving out the fund as instructed for the work of God by the owner before his death.I have asked God for forgiveness 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 wok as instructed by the owner 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 to me through divine revelation from God, so these are 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 move to abroad.

You should also forward to me your telephone and fax number for easy communication and to fax you the documents concerning the consignments.

Yours in Christ,
Philips David.

There are a whole lot this kind of e-mails going around. The story variations are as mainfold as grains of sand on the sea shore.

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: GREETINGS (21-Sep-2005 19:49)
From: marysurana@myfamily.com
To: marysurana@myfamily.com

PEACE OF THE LORD BE WITH YOUR ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD.

Dear Brethren in Christ,

I am Mrs. Mary Surana, a Kuwaiti National I was married
to Dr.Jacob Surana who worked with Kuwait embassy in
South Africa for nine years before he died in the year
2000,He died after a brief illness that lasted for
only four days.Since his death I decided not to
re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home
which the Bible is against.

We were married for eleven years and the union
unfortunately did not produce any offspring. Before
his death we had given our lives to Christ and were
living according to his Words. A few weeks ago I was
diagnosed with cancer and the doctor has informed me
that I do not have much time to live. Presently I am
practically an invalid as the cancer has ravaged my
body and I can feel my life slowly ebbing away. I do
not have much time to do the Lord’s work but He will
give me strength to see my last assignment through.

My husband, Dr.Jacob Surana before his death deposited
his life savings of $8.6Million (Eight Million Six
hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) in a consignment trunk
box as gem stones with a financial institution in the
European continent.Before his death, we were committed
to the growth of the church And the propagation of the
word, but I can no longer partake in these noble task.

I need a church, Christian individual or individuals
who can continue the work on our behalf and will
utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here
into-funding churches, orphanages and widows
propagating the word of God and to ensure that the
house of God is maintained. To care for the sick, the
poor, the downtrodden wherever they may be The Bible
made us to understand that blessed is the hand that
gives. I took this decision because I don’t have any
child or next of kin who can inherit these
funds.Though the internet is a seemingly unlikely
place to find such individuals, I believe that the
Lord hides jewels in the most unlikely places. It is
not the means that is important but the message. I
know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord.
Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case
and I shall hold my peace.With God all things are
possible.

My lawyer who is presently on an assignment in The
U K will issue you a letter of authorization
that will prove you as the present-beneficiary to
these consignment funds and also other documents
backing the claim of the consignment funds. I want you
and the church to always pray for me because the lord
is my shepherd.Happiness is that I lived a life of a
worthy Christian.
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I
stated herein.
Hoping to hearing from you.

N.B-PLEASE I WILL ADVICE YOU TO CONTACT THE LAWYER IN
CHARGE IN LONDON IMMEDIATELY, HE DOES
EVERYTHING ON MY BEHALF AND HE’S VERY UNDERSTANDING
AND I BELIEVE HE WILL LEAD YOU TO SUCCESS IN JESUS
NAME.

LAWYER`S CONTACT DETAILS:

NAME: Mr.Steph Cole

E-MAIL: Stephcole@sify.com