a new twist on an old scam...

[lagilman]

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From: JEAN-PIERRE DA-COSTA <jpierre_dacota@zwallet.com>
Subject: Dear beloved in Christ please read carefully
Date Sent: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:28:19 -0500
Date Recd: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 17:38:05 -0600


ATTN: BARRISTER JEAN-PIERRE DA-COSTA
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.



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
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 Jean-Pierre DA-COSTA, the legal adviser to
late Mr. and Mrs. Bright Williams, a British couple that lived
in my Country Benin for 25 years before they both died in the
plane crash late last year.

These couples were good Christians,they so dedicated
to God but they had no child till they died.

Throughout their stay in my country, they acquired a
lot of propertieslike 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.

In short, I sold all the properties after their death,
as instructed by Mr. Bright Williams before his death.

And as matter of fact, after I sold all their properties,
I realized more than $20,000,000.00 (twenty 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 $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 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 inconsignments 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 where
the word of God says: "When the righteous be truth from his
righteousness, and committee 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 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.

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 first through this my email
address jpierre_dacota@zwallet.com

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

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.
Yours in Christ.

Barrister Jean-Pierre DA-COSTA



Oh man. Really. It's almost enough to put me back into a good mood.