Mrs. Kamel Jammel wants to donate $2.5 million to me – for Christian purposes, of course. She said so in her email, “Donation from Mrs. Jennifer Kamel.”
I’m so moved by this offer that I must reply publicly. Quotes below are Mrs. Jammel’s – or Mrs. Kamel’s – exact words.
“I am Mrs Jennifer Kamel, from Kuwait. I am married to late Mr Kamel Jammel.” Ah, Jennifer – a Kuwaiti name, if I ever heard one. I can’t decide whether I’m more intrigued by your name or by your late husband’s. His name, Kamel Jammel, makes me laugh out loud. But why, Jennifer Kamel, is his first name your last name?
And why must you introduce yourself to me, since your greeting reads, “Dearest In Christ”? Is it a Kuwaiti custom to call people you’ve never met “dearest”?
I noticed that the “To:” line of your email matches the “From:” line. That is, you sent the email to yourself, with blind copies to who knows how many people. However, you want me to believe that I alone have received your offer to donate this staggering sum. You even threaten – er, suggest: “any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another Church for this same purpose.”
What sorrow! Your husband of 18 years, Mr Kamel Jammel, died “after a brief illness that lasted for only five days.” You also lost your only “duaghter (Linda)” – another fine Kuwaiti name – “in a motor accident.” And now your doctor gives you only eight months to live before either your “cancer problem” or your “stroke sickness” takes you out.
So, here you are, stuck with 2.5 million dollars (US) sitting in a General Trust Account in an Ivory Coast bank. You say: “I want this fund to be used in Christain Activities like, Orphanages, Christain schools, and Churches. . . .”
Your husband, Mr. Kamel Jammel, acquired this hefty sum before his death. Did he accrue this fortune through his 26 years of working “with Kuwait Embassy in Ivory Coast”? If so, I want to recommend that job to all my friends.
Ah, Jennifer, don’t you know how many others have already tried this scam? Maybe you do. Maybe you are they (using different name, different story). Maybe you’ve actually had folks respond and, when they sent you their bank account number so you could deposit the millions, you sucked the account dry.
But, Jennifer, why are you targeting Christians? Do you find us more easily deceived – by your duplicity and our greed – than the general population?
You certainly lay it on thick: “The Bible made us to understand that ‘Blessed is the hand that giveth’. I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians . . . I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way.”
Of course. That’s why you’re offering the money to a total stranger.
“I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. . . . . the lord is my shephard. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian.”
Dearest Jennifer Kamel, lately Mrs. Kamel Jammel, you may dupe some gullible Christians. But: “Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside.)”
More succinctly: “Don't be misled: No one makes a fool of God.”
I’m so moved by this offer that I must reply publicly. Quotes below are Mrs. Jammel’s – or Mrs. Kamel’s – exact words.
“I am Mrs Jennifer Kamel, from Kuwait. I am married to late Mr Kamel Jammel.” Ah, Jennifer – a Kuwaiti name, if I ever heard one. I can’t decide whether I’m more intrigued by your name or by your late husband’s. His name, Kamel Jammel, makes me laugh out loud. But why, Jennifer Kamel, is his first name your last name?
And why must you introduce yourself to me, since your greeting reads, “Dearest In Christ”? Is it a Kuwaiti custom to call people you’ve never met “dearest”?
I noticed that the “To:” line of your email matches the “From:” line. That is, you sent the email to yourself, with blind copies to who knows how many people. However, you want me to believe that I alone have received your offer to donate this staggering sum. You even threaten – er, suggest: “any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another Church for this same purpose.”
What sorrow! Your husband of 18 years, Mr Kamel Jammel, died “after a brief illness that lasted for only five days.” You also lost your only “duaghter (Linda)” – another fine Kuwaiti name – “in a motor accident.” And now your doctor gives you only eight months to live before either your “cancer problem” or your “stroke sickness” takes you out.
So, here you are, stuck with 2.5 million dollars (US) sitting in a General Trust Account in an Ivory Coast bank. You say: “I want this fund to be used in Christain Activities like, Orphanages, Christain schools, and Churches. . . .”
Your husband, Mr. Kamel Jammel, acquired this hefty sum before his death. Did he accrue this fortune through his 26 years of working “with Kuwait Embassy in Ivory Coast”? If so, I want to recommend that job to all my friends.
Ah, Jennifer, don’t you know how many others have already tried this scam? Maybe you do. Maybe you are they (using different name, different story). Maybe you’ve actually had folks respond and, when they sent you their bank account number so you could deposit the millions, you sucked the account dry.
But, Jennifer, why are you targeting Christians? Do you find us more easily deceived – by your duplicity and our greed – than the general population?
You certainly lay it on thick: “The Bible made us to understand that ‘Blessed is the hand that giveth’. I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians . . . I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way.”
Of course. That’s why you’re offering the money to a total stranger.
“I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. . . . . the lord is my shephard. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian.”
Dearest Jennifer Kamel, lately Mrs. Kamel Jammel, you may dupe some gullible Christians. But: “Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside.)”
More succinctly: “Don't be misled: No one makes a fool of God.”
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Gal. 6:7 The Amplified Bible.
Gal. 6:7 THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.
1 comments:
Got the same email as well... very intersting. Actually it has a bit of a draw... the money, the ego (wow I am such a fine christian as to atract her attention) and the sob story. On the other hand she didn't read the rest of her bible, if "she" has one. I believe this scam was tried on Jesus when he was in the desert and the whole world was offered him. Just a thought not an exact parallel.
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