Deacon Jones Kelly of the Day Spring Ministry has a problem. Seems that he is trying to find someone who will assist him purging himself of his wealth. The good Reverend Stu Pidass of Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church and church secretary/treasurer Potty LaTrine are more than willing to assist.

Conventions within the thread:

E-mails from the fraudsters are in black.
E-mails from me (Rev. Stu Pidass and Potty LaTrine) are in italicized green.
Red X's represent characters that have been changed to protect personal info.
Comments from me are in bold black.

The game commences with the scammer's initial e-mail.

[ Mar. 17, 2005 ]

Subject: confirm this mail
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:41:10 +0000
From: jones kelly

-- Dear in Christ,

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am Deacon jones kelly, a member of Day Spring Ministry, basically a Prayer and deliverance Ministry.

During a Prayer and fasting session in my Ministry, I asked our Lord Jesus Christ to give me the opportunity to redeem my life and purify what remains of my wealth, God delivery revealed to me to Invest in His Kingdom through you and your Ministry.

You should immediately contact me via my email address (xxxxxxxxx@myway.com)

Remain blessed.

Deacon.jones kelly.

From: Stuart Pidass
To: xxxxxxxxx@myway.com
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:37:37 -0500
Subject: Re: confirm this email

Dear Deacon Jones,

Greetings, my brother in Christ. Wanda, who is one of my parishoners passed this email onto me, believing that you could be of more assistance to our church.

Please tell my more your ministry and about your desire to purge yourself of your remaining wealth.

Yours faithfully in Christ,

--
Reverend Stuart Pidass
Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

From: joneskelly
To: pidass@xxxxxxxxxx.com
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:38:15 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Be Bless.......................................

Dearest In the Lord,

Greetings in the name of our lord jesus christ..I am happy about the way you are spreading the gospel accross the world,it finds in me peace. As the bible says"Go to the world,preach the gospel,spread his words, heal the sick............"

I got your email when i was lead by the spirit to be in search of the man of god on on christain search on the internet.

Like i have told you earlier in my last email that the lord minister to me to give to charity.I am not interested in the Earthly commisions as my rewards is from the Heaven above.I and my institution are blessed to help the needies and not after the rewards of the world as the bible says if not the lord that buideth the house the labourer labour but in vain........... I will like to donate to you/ministry and i will like to donate through a money order of 6,500 dollars for him to cash.Betterstill,i have some other charities which i wants to donate funds to and i will wants on cashing the cheque to help me donate some part of the money to the other charities or needies as well.

I am giving you 2,000 dollars out of the money and i wants you on cashing the cheque to help me donate the remaining 6,500 dollars to some other charities or needies whose informations i will give you when the cheque is cashed in the cash stores.I will want you to furnish me with the following informations below:

(1)Name which you wants the check to be addressed
(2)Address where you wants me to send the cheque to
(3)Your telephone number for prompt communication.

As soon as i received this informations,i will go ahead to send you the check.After the successfull completion of this first phase of the lords works with you then i can go ahead to send you another cheque and hence the continious works of the lord.

I Am Yours In Christ,

Deacon jones kelly

Rev. Stu Pidass was hoping for a little more "wealth" than that.

Looks like this may be a fake check scam. I've been thinking about doing one of these. Unfortunately, I'm not prepared for this type of scam at present. No matter though. Let's see where this fellow takes us. He still hasn't mentioned his location.

From: Stuart Pidass
To: xxxxxxxxx@myway.com
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 15:40:15 -0500
Subject: God bless you kind Sir

Dear Deacon Jones,

Sir. You are obviously a very kind and generous man. This money is an answer to my prayers. Our small church is in dire need of a new ventilation system. As you can imagine, during our church services, the air inside can get quite ripe as we observe our beliefs, particularly during the hot summer months. And with the hot weather coming...well, enough said about our problems.

You haven't told me much about yourself, kind Sir. Where are you located? As well, I don't know much about the Dayspring Ministry and I'd love to know more.

I shall anxiously await your reply.

Your brother in the Lord Jesus Christ,

--
Reverend Stuart Pidass
Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Hmmm...Two days and nothing from the Deacon. I wonder if the reverend's name is a bit too obvious.

From: Stuart Pidass
To: xxxxxxxxx@myway.com
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:55:14 -0500
Subject: Good morning

Dear Mr. Johnson,

How are you today? This is Rev. Pidass again.

I have not heard back from you. Are you still interested in making a contribution to our church?

Yours in Jesus Christ,

--
Reverend Stuart Pidass
Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Well. I receive two e-mails back-to-back from our Deacon. Unfortunately, they were both identical to his previous e-mail to Reverend Stu.

From: Stuart Pidass
To: xxxxxxxxx@myway.com
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:14:58 -0500
Subject: Re: God bless you

Dear Deacon Jones,

Please forgive me for mentioning this but you've sent me the same email three times since Friday.

I have discussed our situation and your generosity with our bishop in the General Office. Unfortunately, I am not authorised by the church to accept such a large donation. All donations of more than $1000.00 must be handled by our Treasurer at the General Office in Regina.

I have taken the liberty of forwarding your emails to our Treasurer, Potty Latrine. She promised me that she would contact you but in the event that she doesn't get around to it, please feel free to email her at olopf@xxxxxxxxxx.com.

This does not mean that I do not want any contact with you, however. I am very interested in you and your ministry. I would like to know where you are located. Are you in California?

In closing, I would once again like to thank you for your extreme generosity. The money that you are donating to our church is much appreciated and you have my personal assurance that we shall put it to good use.

Thank you and God bless,

--
Reverend Stuart Pidass
Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

I'll have Potty LaTrine give it a go.

Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 04:24:23 -0800 (PST)
From: O.L.O.P.F. Holy Church
Subject: Thank you for your generosity
To: xxxxxxxxx@myway.com

Dear Deacon Jones Kelly,

My name is Potty LaTrine. I am the Secretary/Treasurer for Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church.

Rev. Pidass has forwarded you email to me regarding your wish to make a substantial contribution to our ministry. Are you still interested in doing this?

First, I would like to thank you for you extremely generous contribution. This money will go a long way toward financing the many works of good that we do.

I would like to ask you to tell me a bit about yourself. Are you local to this area?

I will await your reply.

----
Potty LaTrine,
Secretary/Treasurer
Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Holy Church,
Regina, SK

The Deacon replies with...wait for it...the same e-mail he sent three times to Reverend. Stu Pidass. This game is going absolutely nowhere. I'm not even going to the bother of replying. Looks like I posted this one prematurely.