Sheriff John Finds Religion

Here is an interesting specimen. One of the things I have always wondered about has been the odd choice of names that some of these clowns use when writing. In fact, almost any time that an American-sounding name is used, the last name is inevitably what we would consider to be a common first name. I'm not sure if this was a scammer's idea of a joke or simply a weird choice of an alias but, having grown up in L.A. in the 60's, I still remember coming home from school to watch the popular local kids show on TV hosted by Sheriff John.

Grade: CR

Comments: Ok, this is a tough one. I'm not sure just how seriously to take it. Is it someone's idea of a joke or, is this a real yet inept scam? I am going to go with the latter and just grade this one on a credit/no credit basis.

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Beloved In Christ,
Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, I am Evang.Monica John [Evang.Monica? What kind of a name is that?], a widow to Late
Sherrif John [you mean *the* Sheriff John?! -- I used to love his show as a kid], I am 69 years old,
I am now a new Christian convert,suffering from long
time cancer of the breast.
>From all indications, my condition is serious and
according to my doctor it is quite obvious that I may not survive the sickness,although as a christain,I beleive God and I know that I will not die,I will leave to declare the glory of God. My late husband and my only son was killed during the Ogoni Crisis and I am presently Leaving alone [leaving alone? It's always a good idea to try to leave with someone else].Our Lord Jesus Christ is my comforter.

My late husband was very wealthy we have a lot of
properties including Shares and houses.After the death of my husband,I made up my mind to travel abroadto leave the rest of my life and continue to do the work of God as a missionary.I called our lawyer and I instructed him to sell all my husbands properties and shares to enable me raise some money to conitue my mission.The lawyer sold the Shares and some of the properties and I was able raise the sum of $5,000,000.00(FIVE million US Dollars) [I always love how they like to spell out the amount for those who don't know how to interpret the numbers] The fund is in cash,for the safety of the fund till am able to travel out,I packaged the fund in consignments deposited it with a Security Company.
Presently,all the documents concerning the
consignments are with my lawyer.Now that my sickness has gone to this stage,I am scared and I want the fundto be used for the work of God all over the world.
I have prayed and I told God to direct me to an honest
christan who willreceive this fund and utilise it for things that will glorify the name of God.After my prayers,I searched the christain site in the internet,I found your email address and I decided to contact you.Please if you are interested
in using this fund for the work of God [interested? Are you kidding? I would *love* to use this money for the work of God. Let me see, I'm pretty sure God wants me to have a wide-screen plasma TV, a new car...] ,please send to
me your full names [I have lead a rather sheltered life and, at the moment, only have one name. I hope to remedy the situation soon, however] and address to enable me give it to my lawyer for immediate arrangement with the security company on how the conbsignments that contained the
fund will be delivered to you.
I await your urgent reply.
Thanks and God bless you.
Evang.Monica Hamza