"Nigerian email scam" version to scam the religious/churches

I work in a church office, and we get versions of the Nigerian email scam at least once a day, if not more. It's bascially the same scam, but with comments about God, claims of being born again, scripture quotes. Unbelievable the lengths these people will go. I couldn'g stop laughing while I was reading it. Here's the one we got yesterday:


BARRISTER MIKE ADE
TEL:234-8034432750
EMAIL:(BARRMIKEADE@UYMAIL.COM)

Dear Beloved,

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 God´s 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 BARRISTER MIKE ADE,the legal adviser to
late Mr.and Mrs. Bright Williams,a British couple that lived in my
Country Nigeria 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 Mr. Bright
Williams 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. Bright Williams 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
$20,000,000.00 (twenty 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
what 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.Then
you send to me in your reply,YOUR FULL NAMES,YOUR PERSONAL ADDRESS,YOUR
TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.These informations are required by the
seurity company tofacilitate the process of the funds receiver's
documentation Your prompt response will be highly appreciated in my
private email adress(BARRMIKEADE@UYMAIL.COM) and telephone number
below.

God bless you.
Yours in Christ.
BARRISTER MIKE ADE
TEL:234-8034432750
EMAIL:(BARRMIKEADE@UYMAIL.COM)
JOIN ME FOR MISSION PROJECT.

too bad - sooooo sad